Policy Briefs

Strong Bipartisan Support for Ocean Health and Carbon RemovalClimate policy has long been a partisan flashpoint, but new polling reveals a promising area of consensus: Americans across the political spectrum support exploring ocean-based solutions to address carbon pollution. When informed that naturally occurring processes already help counteract carbon pollution and potentially reduce coastal acidification, voters overwhelmingly support the idea of carefully accelerating this process. Eighty percent of voters say adding naturally occurring minerals to help oceans address carbon pollution sounds like a good idea, including 79% of Republicans, 79% of Democrats, and 82% of Independents.Even more striking: nearly nine in ten voters (89%) agree the United States should explore additional ways to protect ocean health and address carbon pollution, as long as the approaches are tested and safe. This includes 88% of Republicans, 93% of Democrats, and 89% of Independents.These findings suggest that ocean alkalinity enhancement and similar marine carbon dioxide removal approaches may represent a rare opportunity for bipartisan climate action, one that emphasizes innovation, safety testing, and environmental stewardship rather than the divisive debates that have stymied other climate policies.‍‍‍‍

Conservatives have long emphasized ordered liberty, the rule of law, and institutional competence. Election integrity is a natural extension of these principles.

Surveillance pricing— the practice of using AI and personal data to set individualized prices—has emerged as a major consumer protection issue. This brief examines the current policy landscape, compares legislative approaches across states, and analyzes how lawmakers from both parties are addressing this challenge.

The Trump Administration announced a bipartisan agreement to urge PJM to pursue an "emergency power auction" that would require technology giants to fund approximately $15 billion in new power plant construction across the PJM grid region. This initiative represents commonsense conservative governance: those who benefit from infrastructure should bear its cost. Our brief explores the implications for taxpayers.

As the United States confronts unprecedented growth in electricity demand driven by artificial intelligence, data centers, and the reshoring of industrial manufacturing, there is a durable, bipartisan consensus emerging in Washington around the urgent need to modernize our nation’s energy infrastructure.