The 2024 election season made it clear that voters were unwilling to compromise on American energy affordability. Though Harris eventually capitulated on her previous anti-fracking positions, swing states’ embrace of the Trump-Vance ticket was a vote in favor of a strong all-of-the-above energy approach. Some now worry that the incoming Trump administration’s laser focus on...
Trump bars offshore wind leases in opening salvo against his energy nemesis
President Donald Trump ordered a halt to new leases and permits for wind projects on his first day back at the White House. The order stops short of freezing construction of offshore projects along the East Coast, as sought by wind opponents and feared by the industry’s supporters. But it does direct the Interior secretary...
Federal Government Signs Billion Dollar Nuclear Deal
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) awarded Constellation Energy more than $1 billion in combined government contracts to provide nuclear power to 80 federal facilities representing more than 13 federal agencies.
Low-Energy Britain is Stuck in a Rut
The high cost of energy is perhaps the biggest challenge UK business faces in being globally competitive. In a world where Donald Trump’s energy policies are likely to lead to even more of a differential in costs between the UK and US, it is almost impossible to see how UK companies generally can be competitive.
Chris Wright backs aggressive build-out of the US power grid
Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice as secretary of Energy, told senators Wednesday he supports expanding and strengthening the U.S. transmission system, signaling his willingness to add one of President Joe Biden’s top energy goals to the Trump agenda. At his confirmation hearing, Wright — a self-styled science geek turned energy entrepreneur — steered carefully...
Chris Wright Is on a Mission to Improve Lives
As President-elect Trump assembles his cabinet and senior staff, there are familiar names that Americans have come to know over the years. Names like Elon Musk, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Florida Senator Marco Rubio, and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum. And then there is Chris Wright, perhaps the least recognizable name on the President’s team...
The Glasgow Declaration, Four Years In
Four years ago in Glasgow, the world's governments and automakers committed to ending sales of gas-burning vehicles in leading markets by 2035. That deadline is now a decade away: let’s check in on how it’s going.
Offshore Oil & Gas Drilling Ban Is Totally Misguided
With only two weeks left in his presidency, Biden has decided to maintain his legacy of repeated attacks on the fossil fuel industry, by issuing a sweeping ban of future drilling along the East and West Coasts, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and the Alaskan Coast. Roughly 625 million acres are now off limits, the size of which is larger than...
A Different Approach to Permitting Reform
Permitting reform must continue to be a priority. The latest proposal was a modest but important step. If enacted, it would have accelerated leasing of federal lands for every form of energy production, made it easier to build electricity transmission lines, and expedited the judicial review of all those actions. But it would still have...
Commonsense environmentalism will have a home at Trump’s EPA
President-elect Donald Trump‘s nominee for Environmental Protection Agency administrator signals a commitment to economic growth and levelheaded environmental management, a balance that has long been absent from previous Democratic administrations. Despite the Left’s outlandish claims to the contrary, Lee Zeldin was a leading conservative voice for environmental stewardship during his time in Congress. A member of the bipartisan Climate Solutions...









