Issues

Federal oil and gas leasing on Alaska's North Slope, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

Federal subsidies and standards for capturing CO2 from industrial sources or the atmosphere and storing it underground, including the 45Q tax credit.

Federal tax credits and grants for renewable energy, EVs, batteries, and clean manufacturing — primarily through the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

Federal and state policies setting EV-sales targets or phasing out internal-combustion vehicles, alongside emissions standards and consumer incentives.

How environmental burdens — pollution, toxic sites, climate impacts — are distributed across communities, and how to address disproportionate exposure.

The scope of EPA's authority under the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and other statutes — narrowed by recent Supreme Court major-questions and Chevron-overturning decisions.

Whether the federal government should continue offering oil, gas, and coal leases on federal lands and offshore waters — and at what royalty rates.

EPA standards limiting methane leaks and venting from oil and gas operations, given methane's outsized short-term climate impact.

Whether and how to expand nuclear power — extending existing plants' lives, building advanced small modular reactors, and addressing waste storage.

Federal leasing of offshore oil and gas tracts on the Outer Continental Shelf, weighing energy production against spill risk and climate impact.

Whether and how to streamline federal environmental permitting under NEPA, the Clean Water Act, and ESA — needed for clean-energy buildout but resisted as environmental rollback.

Federal approval and permitting of major oil and gas pipelines, including Keystone XL, Mountain Valley, and Dakota Access, and the broader debate over fossil-fuel infrastructure.

How federal public lands should be managed — designation of national monuments and wilderness, multiple-use balancing, and state-versus-federal control.

How the U.S. should reduce greenhouse-gas emissions — through subsidies, regulation, carbon pricing, or some mix — and what national-level commitments to make.

How U.S. water — especially in the drought-stricken Colorado River Basin and Western states — is allocated under prior-appropriation doctrine and interstate compacts.