In a new policy report, Damaging Consequences, The Buckeye Institute models the economic impact that a federal carbon tax would have on the U.S. economy, job creation, tax collection, consumer spending, and business investment. Buckeye’s economic modeling revealed that an $800 billion annual carbon tax would cost every American $2,900 annually and devastate the U.S. economy, resulting in  $1.2 trillion in economic loss in 2034.

In a new policy report, The Buckeye Institute exposes how public nuisance legal theory is being used to attack energy companies and set U.S. energy policy through the courts. “The rash of public nuisance climate lawsuits spreading across the nation is a dangerous attempt to use the courts to force communities to adopt net-zero carbon-emissions policies. This effort to impose an ESG agenda through the courts, after failing to do so through Congress, would financially cripple energy companies and threaten the U.S. economy.”

A new report, Continuing Kentucky’s Tax Reform Efforts, by The Buckeye Institute, found that cutting the commonwealth’s personal income tax to three percent would create nearly $2 billion in economic growth and 7,000 new jobs. The Buckeye Institute partnered with Kentucky’s Bluegrass Institute to conduct the research. “To compete with its lower-tax neighbors and remain economically competitive, Kentucky must continue its pro-growth reforms.”

The Buckeye Institute submitted a public comment to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services offering its recommendations on how the state can better align its workforce, education, and employment programs. Buckeye urged policymakers to enhance financial stability and economic mobility for Ohio families, offer clear paths to high-demand careers, and ensure a reliable road to self-sufficiency, with every promotion signifying real financial progress.

The Buckeye Institute filed two sets of public comments—one from Buckeye’s policy experts, the other from Buckeye’s legal experts—outlining the technical and legal reasons the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should rescind its 2009 greenhouse gas endangerment finding and motor-vehicle greenhouse gas standards, which have driven up the price of cars and trucks for American consumers.

In public comments, The Buckeye Institute urged the U.S. EPA to ensure Americans have access to reliable energy sources and repeal its impractical emission standards for new and existing power plants. In its comments, The Buckeye Institute: 1) outlines how the EPA’s unworkable emission standards threaten the availability of reliable and affordable electricity, and 2) offers an impact analysis that is grounded in feasibility, measurable outcomes, and realistic compliance outcomes.