Educational Resources

AEI's Environmental Studies Program emphasizes the need to design environmental policies that not only protect nature but also democratic institutions and human liberty. This section of the website gathers together AEI research, events, and scholars focused on environmental policy.

The American Environmental Coalition believes in keeping America beautiful, strong, and prosperous, with cleaner air and water and a growing economy for our children and grandchildren. We want to leave America better than we found it. We believe that the debate about how to accomplish these ends should be rational and balanced, informed by sound science, not partisan politics. AEC believes far too much of what is passed off as “news” about the environment has been intended to alarm rather than inform. Therefore, AEC seeks to bring balance to the debate by being an alternative source of reliable information to Americans who seek the best way forward for our country.

Called “the best environmental think tank in the country” by The Wall Street Journal, the Competitive Enterprise Institute focuses on the development and promotion of free market approaches to environmental policy. We believe that where individual property rights exist in environmental resources, the environment is most likely to be protected, and that market institutions more effectively allow for the realization of environmental values than political agencies and bureaucracies. As a leading proponent of free market environmentalism, CEI’s program includes both an overall effort to reframe the environmental debate and a series of targeted projects to reform specific policies, ranging from risk regulation to global warming.

Welcome to the Common-Sense Environmentalism Issue Suite, a comprehensive resource for people who support a common-sense approach to protecting the environment.

The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization, established in 1983. The NCPA's goal is to develop and promote private alternatives to government regulation and control, solving problems by relying on the strength of the competitive, entrepreneurial private sector. Topics include reforms in health care, taxes, Social Security, welfare, criminal justice, education and environmental regulation.

Energy Policy Recommendations to the President and the 110th Congress. These recommendations are the product of a bipartisan Commission of 21 members of diverse expertise and affiliations, addressing many complex and contentious topics.

The mission of the Pacific Research Institute (PRI) is to champion freedom, opportunity, and personal responsibility for all individuals by advancing free-market policy solutions. Since its founding in 1979, PRI has remained steadfast to the vision of a free and civil society where individuals can achieve their full potential. Put simply, public policy is too important to be left just to the experts. Individuals are the real decision makers when it comes to their schools, health care, and environment.

Responsible Resources is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to providing policy makers and the public with information  critical to advancing natural resource policies that are effective and further human well-being.

The Set America Free Coalition promotes energy security and ways to reduce depending on foreign oil.

"By the end of next year, America and other nations will set a long-term global goal for reducing greenhouse gases. To help develop this goal, the United States will convene a series of meetings of nations that produce most greenhouse gas emissions, including nations with rapidly growing economies like India and China. In addition to this long-term global goal, each country would establish midterm national targets and programs that reflect their own mix of energy sources and future energy needs." - President George W. Bush May 31, 2007