What we’re reading
CRI takes inspiration from the incredible work that’s coming to the surface across our network every day. This page shares writing and projects that have particularly caught our attention. Have something for us to consider posting? Reach out!
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10.08.26
Reform Without Surrender: The Principles of Public Interest Permitting
Instead of just speeding up reviews, permitting reform should be built around the goal of getting clean energy infrastructure built, since a fossil pipeline and an offshore wind cable shouldn't face the same content-neutral standards.
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10.06.26
Silver Linings? How to Seize the Moment to Create Better Environmental Regulations That Are Built on Science and Economics
Dismantling science and economic analysis at the US Environmental Protection Agency creates new challenges—but also provides an opportunity to reenvision the role of science and economics in policy design.
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09.15.26
Clarifying OIRA’s Role Will Yield More Durable, Responsive Policy | The Regulatory Review
Designating OIRA early as the lead project manager would allow for a more effective rulemaking process.
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09.15.26
Thriving Economy Project
A healthy economy and a healthy environment go hand in hand, and the project’s policy recommendations, spanning areas like agriculture and rural and Tribal economies, offer a path to progress for the greatest number of people in the shortest possible time.
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09.15.26
Down to the wire
There’s no mechanism today that turns federal and regional plans for critical transmission lines into projects with real financing or a path to recover costs, which a federally coordinated “macrogrid” process could provide.