CHINA, CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES, AND NATIONAL SECURITY 10/2/2024

CHINA, CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES, AND NATIONAL SECURITY Payne Institute Fellow Joshua Busby, Director Morgan Bazilian, and Emily Holland write about how the Biden administration announced sweeping 100 percent import tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles as well as the...

The U.S. Needs to Produce More Minerals at Home. Current Policies Only Take Us Partway. 9/19/2024

The U.S. Needs to Produce More Minerals at Home. Current Policies Only Take Us Partway. Payne Institute Communications Associate Gregory Wischer and Director Morgan Bazilian write about how the U.S. government has sought to increase domestic mineral production and...

Hickenlooper, Tillis to unveil bipartisan minerals bills 9/13/2024

Hickenlooper, Tillis to unveil bipartisan minerals bills The Payne Institute for Public Policy was pleased to host Senator John Hickenlooper for our Critical Minerals Symposium where he announced his new legislative efforts.  The two bills are intended to stimulate...

America’s mineral blind spot – the trillion-dollar opportunity hiding in plain sight 9/11/2024

America’s mineral blind spot – the trillion-dollar opportunity hiding in plain sight Payne Institute Student Researcher Gabriel Collins, Faculty Fellow Ian Lange, and Director Morgan Bazilian write about how In the sprawling mines of Utah and Arizona, where global...

Trump, Harris back mining, but producers unsatisfied 9/9/2024

Trump, Harris back mining, but producers unsatisfied Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian contributes to this article about how Democrats and Republicans alike have been expressing support for US metal extraction, allowing domestic miners to bask in a rare moment...

The US government should build a Resilient Resource Reserve for wartime and peacetime 8/29/2024

The US government should build a Resilient Resource Reserve for wartime and peacetime Payne Institute Communications Associate Gregory Wischer and Director Morgan Bazilian write about how if Congress proceeds—as it should—with creating a Resilient Resource Reserve, it...