energy
Trump’s Energy Reset: Dismantling Biden’s Climate Lawfare Legacy
The Comer investigation underscores why we should consider federal lawfare liability reforms that would put most of these frivolous cases to rest. President Trump’s push to boost energy affordability by slashing green regulations and climate lawfare has been a powerful yet undercovered plank of his second term. Drastically changing course from the energy-restrictive policies of…
We Need a Section 230 for Energy Production
Nearly thirty years ago, an obscure liability section of law aimed at restricting online porn powered a revolution for the Internet and online commerce. Now, in the age of the AI boom and a global resource crunch, we need the same principle put to use for American energy. Section 230, tucked within the 1996 Communications Decency Act, exempted online…
Trump Is Right to Hammer Environmental Lawfare
President Donald Trump’s critics are right about one thing: The first few months of his second term have been a reckoning. Starting with the federal government’s pursuit of law firms and organizations that committed lawfare against the president to hobble his political comeback, Trump has now supercharged executive authority to stop the flood of ideologically based lawsuits targeting America’s energy providers. …
It’s time to end California’s green regulatory grip on American consumers
When the average driver in St. Louis, Orlando, or Des Moines goes to buy a new car, they would be forgiven for thinking they have a wide range of choices for their next automobile. Whether they know it or not, the cars on local dealership lots had to pass several layers of fuel economy regulations,…
The American Path to Competitive Advantage
Editor’s note: In February, The National Interest organized a symposium on the U.S.-China technology race amidst the emergence of DeepSeek and ongoing legal battles over TikTok. We asked a variety of experts the following question: “What are the three most important technology policies that the U.S. should pursue or avoid to compete adequately with China?“ The following article is one…
RFK Jr. Can’t Escape His Progressive Record
Cabinet confirmation hearings began in Washington last week for several of President Trump’s picks for top jobs in government. While Marco Rubio passed the gauntlet, we’re still waiting on word of a scheduled hearing for Trump’s most controversial picks: Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health…
Legal attacks on fossil fuels will only make us poorer
Nearly half of all US states have pledged to go totally carbon-free by at least 2050. While many states and the federal government are pushing and subsidizing entrepreneurs to scale up carbon-free alternatives to fossil fuels such as nuclear energy, wind, and solar – other states are hoping to reach their goals by seemingly suing oil…
Climate-change lawsuits discourage those seeking solutions
When Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced lawsuits against fossil fuel companies in 2020, the moment was ripe. Reports on elevated greenhouse-gas emissions were stark, demonstrating both a warming planet and causal evidence that fossil fuels were a lead culprit. The lawsuit led by Ellison’s office aims to hold accountable “companies responsible for harms associated…
Democrats must not be allowed to replicate Europe’s energy disaster
In the Alpine nation of Austria, where I currently live, residents are receiving the euro equivalent of $490 as a “climate and anti-inflation” bonus. This will be a godsend for those struggling with rocketing European energy prices and sustained inflation . Other European nations are doing the same, as well as more than a dozen…
Energy costs struggle against judicial activist squeeze
YAËL OSSOWSKI In the traditional American view of self-government, we prefer decision-making to be as local as possible. Government works best when decisions are made closest to those affected, whether at the city, municipal, or state level, depending on the question. This makes democratic accountability easier and lets states and municipalities become “laboratories of democracy,”…