Jobs Agenda: Energy and Environment
The U.S. Chamber shapes pro-growth energy action that increases new and diverse energy supplies, improves efficiency, and promotes environmental stewardship while putting Americans back to work. Reliable and affordable energy are essential to running a business and fueling economic growth and competitiveness.
The Facts
- Energy demand in the United States could grow 16% to 25% between now and 2035, and globally it could grow 45% or more. Absent progress in building and siting U.S. energy projects to meet this demand, the Chamber’s Index of U.S. Energy Security Risk projects risks to the reliability and affordability of U.S. energy supplies rising to levels not seen since the Iranian revolution three decades ago.
- Stalled energy projects have already cost the economy $1.1 trillion and nearly 2 million jobs, according to the Chamber’s groundbreaking Project No Project study.
- Environmental progress and economic growth go hand in hand. The Chamber supports commonsense solutions to accelerate the commercial use of clean energy technologies, preserve jobs and economic growth, promote efficiency, and achieve energy security and environmental benefits.
The U.S. Chamber’s Plan to Address America’s Realities
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Maximize U.S. energy resources:
- The federal government must embrace greater development of America’s vast energy resources—traditional and alternative—to fuel economic recovery, create jobs, and strengthen energy security.
- The Chamber urges investments in clean coal, policies that enable the expansion of renewable energy resources and emissions-free nuclear power, and greater access to onshore and offshore oil and natural gas exploration and production.
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Improve energy efficiency and make new and clean energy technologies more affordable:
- To moderate increases in demand, the Chamber supports investments in efficiency in all sectors.
- Clean energy technology is one cornerstone of sensible energy policy. The Chamber has long-supported research and development of new technologies as well as financial mechanisms to promote their use and make clean energy technology cost competitive.
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Remove unnecessary barriers that derail energy projects:
- Reduce overly burdensome regulations that create uncertainty and stifle growth.
- Eliminate trade policies that limit the exchange of energy resources and technologies.
- Reject tax increases for domestic energy development that cost jobs and harm competitiveness.
- Streamline siting for energy infrastructure improvements, for example, electricity grids and pipelines.
- Address critical shortages of qualified energy professionals.
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Support efforts to address climate change that incorporate the following commonsense principles:
- Preserve American jobs and competitiveness of U.S. industry.
- Provide an international solution that includes commitments by developing nations.
- Promote accelerated development and deployment of greenhouse gas reduction technology.
- Reduce barriers to the development of clean energy sources.
- Promote energy conservation and efficiency.
To learn more, visit uschamber.com/energy or energyxxi.org
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INSTITUTE FOR 21ST CENTURY ENERGY The mission of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for 21st Century Energy is to unify policymakers, regulators, business leaders, and the American public behind a common sense energy strategy to help keep America secure, prosperous, and clean. |
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Project No Project assesses the broad range of energy projects that are being stalled, stopped, or outright killed nationwide due to “Not In My Back Yard” (NIMBY) activism, a broken permitting process and a system that allows limitless challenges by opponents of development. |
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