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President Biden Should Own His Share of the Blame for High Prices at the...

President Biden Should Own His Share of the Blame for High Prices at the Pump The Biden administration is in crisis over the high price...

Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Should Not Mean the End of Fossil Fuels – Natural Gas...

Too often, policymakers want to talk about issues in terms of black and white. In energy and climate policy, that tends to lead to...

Analysis of Proxy Advisors’ Recommendations During the 2021 Proxy Season

The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance publishes a report, Analysis of Proxy Advisors’ Recommendations During the 2021 Proxy Season, by Kyle Isakower,...

Proxy Woes: ACCF 2021 Proxy Season Analysis Shows Companies Still Reporting Errors at Similar...

Despite continued evidence of proxy advisor errors and serious disputes with companies, the SEC proposed gutting a rule developed to improve the engagement between companies and proxy advisors

Eliminating IDC Expensing for Oil and Gas Will Reduce Production and Harm Energy Security

What exactly are intangible drilling costs? They are charges for drilling and preparing wells for production that are not part of the final operating...

ACCF Discusses Surging Natural Gas Prices in Europe

On TRT World, ACCF Vice President of Regulatory and Energy Policy Kyle Isakower weighs in on surging natural gas prices in Europe--more than seven-fold...

Op-Ed: Investing in low-emissions energy is the key to the climate crisis

Last week’s release of The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report highlights once again the imperative for the world to take action to address...

Biden Should Look to the Fossil Fuel Industry as a Partner in Climate Agenda

President-elect Joe Biden has made clear that climate change policy will be a centerpiece of his administration. He has pledged to return the U.S....

Analysis of Proxy Advisors’ Recommendations During the 2020 Proxy Season

The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance publishes an ACCF analysis of Proxy Advisors

ACCF Signs Coalition Letter Opposing Amendment to Block NEPA Reforms

July 23, 2020 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: The undersigned trade associations and labor unions oppose amendment #72 to Division C of...

Are Proxy Advisors Still a Problem?

2020 proxy season analysis shows companies believe errors continue

ACCF Testimony on Benefits and Costs in EPA Clean Air Act Rulemaking Process

Oral Testimony of Kyle Isakower, Senior Vice President for Regulatory and Energy Policy, American Council for Capital Formation on EPA Proposed Rule: “Increasing Consistency...

Natural Gas Can Help Advance Communities of Color

Gas will be key to providing our underserved communities the affordable, reliable energy that they need to heat/cool their homes and power their lives. For many, it can offer a better livelihood as well.

New SEC Proxy Voting Rule Would Strengthen Markets and Investors

While most of the details have now been confirmed, there remains debate over a company’s ability to review and respond to proxy advisors’ reports, as well as the practice of “robo-voting”, where certain investors are automatically following proxy firms’ guidance without doing their own due diligence.

COVID recovery: Production controls, tariffs not the way to help the domestic oil industry

As the world continues to address the unprecedented and formidable health and economic challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. oil producers, who are major...

Infrastructure spending as an economic stimulus requires a NEPA fix, too

if we as a nation are going to look to infrastructure development as a means to stimulate the economy, we must make sure we address a major impediment to infrastructure spending that has nothing to do with this new viral threat – the outdated National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).