Baltimore’s elected officials seem to fancy the idea of the city being a groundbreaking climate change crusader against oil companies but that distinction will not help the city’s poorest residents, the majority of whom are African-American. In some cases, deceptive marketing tactics from renewable energy companies have already sent residents bills soaring by as much as 50 to 75 percent. Baltimore alleges in a lawsuit that more than two dozen oil companies deliberately downplayed the connection...

Last month I had the privilege of testifying before U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham, who represents South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, and other members of the U.S House’s Committee on Natural Resources. The hearing focused on proposed legislation that would ban new oil and gas leases for several years. This would be damaging since a substantial amount of our oil and natural gas is developed through leasing programs on federal land and water. As the president...

During the State of the Union address, President Trump placed the successes of his economic policies front and center. From historically low unemployment to rising worker wages, the economic strategy of the Trump administration has largely been a win for American families. As President Trump said, part of this amazing economic turnaround has been fueled by a renaissance of American energy production. Jobs, economic growth and affordable energy are unleashed with energy dominance. As President Trump readies his...

The seventh Democratic debate got underway this week, and it was another echo chamber among the candidates on several important policy issues, including energy production. And even though increased energy production has cut costs for families — at the pump and in-home utility bills. With little exception, the Democratic candidates have adopted the same extreme platform in favor of banning offshore oil and natural gas production. While anti-energy and anti-offshore policies are bad news for America, they...

In the United States, we have an abundance of affordable and reliable energy. But some of us take having access to energy for granted. We expect to plug in and charge our mobile devices, flip a light switch and click on the television. And without fail, it all works. It’s not until our power—and our way of life—is interrupted that most of us think about energy and where it comes from. California’s recent blackout revealed...

It’s a popular theme—from Thomas Malthus to Paul R. Ehrlich to Thanos of Avengers fame: Only drastic action will avert catastrophe. We must consume less, accept less, be less. We’re warned in ever more strident terms that we must act now or in 12 years (or 10 years or 18 months) there will be devastating consequences. That’s the message of the G-7 as it met in Biarritz, France, and it’s the message of every Democratic presidential hopeful...

Energy poverty is destroying the lives of many lower income families. Will radical environmentalists ever care for those people’s pain? Policies which restrict domestic fossil fuel development and transport, or that promote renewable energy, raise energy prices. As a result, higher prices harm the poor and minorities who spend a greater percentage of their incomes on energy and energy intensive goods. This is unnecessary. America has abundant energy and has an obligation to help the...

Politics, And that’s just for starters. AOC’s Green New Deal Would Cost $600,000 Per U.S. Household The “Green New Deal” will fail for many reasons. One is that the people pushing it seem oblivious to the needs of poor and minorities families, who would be directly hurt by the plan. By one estimate, that Green New Deal would cost $600,000 per household and eliminate the use of all fossil fuels in just 10 years. It would result in...

I try to keep an open mind about policies and regulations that impact communities of color. After all, the government’s No. 1 priority should be the welfare of its people. But with interest groups now linking arms despite having little if anything to do with each other, it can be hard for the average person to discern which policies will serve them best. For example, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People released...

Strong U.S. natural gas and oil production is revitalizing communities in state after state. It’s well-known that increased energy production has cut costs for families – at the pump and in-home utility bills. But leading the world in production has also given U.S. businesses a leg up, generating a manufacturing resurgence. To list just a few examples, affordable energy has brought a Louisiana steel plant back from overseas, where it employs 150 workers at twice...