On this episode of Network ReACTS, Independent Women’s Network Director Julie Gunlock hosts a roundtable discussion with Patrice Onwuka, Carrie Sheffield, Beth Parlato, Jordanne Kemper, and Gabriella Hoffman for a 2025 roundup covering major news and key developments in policy and politics from the past year.
Issue: Environment
Network ReACTS: China’s Grip on Critical Minerals
On this episode of Network ReACTS, CEO Director Gabriella Hoffman is joined by CASS Director Meaghan Mobbs to discuss China’s grip on critical minerals.
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Two Truth And A Lie: Critical Minerals
Bipartisan Investigation Reveals How the CCP Manipulates the Critical Minerals Market
Interior Department releases final 2025 List of Critical Minerals
Network reACTS: How Energy Abundance Fuels Prosperity
On this episode of Network reACTS, Senior Policy Analyst Carrie Sheffield, and CEC Director Gabriella Hoffman discuss IW’s new report, Energy Abundance: How America Can Lead the World in Energy Production While Creating a Better, Cleaner Environment.
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Network reACTS: EPA Funding and Predatory Litigation
On this episode of Network reACTS, Beth Parlato, Senior Legal Advisor at Independent Women, is joined by Gabriella Hoffman, Director of the Center for Energy and Conservation, to break down how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is directing taxpayer money toward climate change programs for judges – a move that some attorneys general argue amounts to predatory litigation and an inappropriate use of public funds.
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Judge dismisses climate change lawsuit against oil companies by Annapolis, Anne Arundel County
Last gasp for kids climate case after Supreme Court rejects death penalty gambit
Network reACTS: New Jersey’s 2035 Energy Push – More Extreme Than California?
New Jersey’s energy policies are more extreme than California’s – and most New Jersey voters don’t know it!
In this episode of Network reACTS, Jordanne Kemper, Vice President of Independent Women’s Voice, sits down with Gabriella Hoffman, Director of the Center for Energy and Conservation, to break down the state’s radical 2035 energy mandates, what voters are missing, and how it could cost over $1.4 trillion.
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