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ClearPath Foundation

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Formation
  
2013

Location
  
Charlotte, NC

Website
  
www.clearpath.org

Leader
  
Jay Faison

Type
  
501(c)3 organization

CEO
  
Jay Faison

Founded
  
2013

ClearPath Foundation httpsassetsclearpathorg2016101d5d8f6577dd3

Motto
  
Clean Energy. The Conservative Way.

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ClearPath Foundation is a nonprofit organization based in Charlotte, NC and Washington, D.C. that is focused on "conservative clean energy". According to a press release, the organization was founded to propose and support policies that accelerate clean energy without expanding the size of government.

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History

ClearPath was founded by Republican entrepreneur and philanthropist Jay Faison in 2013 to change the conservative viewpoint on clean energy. After selling his majority stake in the audio-visual company SnapAV, Faison donated $165 million to start ClearPath, with a mission of "accelerating conservative clean energy solutions"

Activities

ClearPath advances its mission through "strategic grant-making, advocacy, and digital platforms", and focuses on energy policy, polling, and analysis. ClearPath has conducted polling on Americans' attitudes towards clean energy with Kristen Soltis Anderson, finding that "72% of Republicans support accelerating the development of clean energy".

Principles

The ClearPath website lists five principles used for analyzing policy. ClearPath believes in "small government, free markets, and American innovation", as well as pollution risk management, cost-benefit analysis and energy independence.

Policy Areas

  • Coal pollution mitigation and natural gas – the ClearPath foundation argues for expanded use of natural gas and further development of carbon capture, utilization and storage. They focus heavily on streamlining pipeline permitting and exports, as well as increasing research on carbon capture.
  • Nuclear energy – ClearPath proposes expanded use of nuclear power in the United States, calling it "one of America's greatest success stories". In particular, they support a federal spent nuclear fuel site like the controversial Yucca Mountain site. In February 2016, ClearPath's CEO Jay Faison proposed developing "super-competitive, next-generation" nuclear reactors.
  • Hydropower – Clearpath supports hydropower development, calling it "one of America’s most overlooked energy resources". They propose expanding electrification of non-powered dams, hydropower financing reform, and permitting reform.
  • Energy Innovation – They support increased basic energy research funding for the Department of Energy to accelerate development, and propose paying for increased research through expanded oil and gas drilling. They also propose giving private companies greater access to the DOE's national labs.

    • References

    ClearPath Foundation Wikipedia
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