{"id":363494,"date":"2025-01-26T14:46:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T13:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=363494"},"modified":"2025-01-26T14:46:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T13:46:25","slug":"free-our-energy-sector-from-crippling-regulations-and-inflationary-spending-on-so-called-green-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=363494","title":{"rendered":"Free Our Energy Sector from Crippling Regulations and Inflationary Spending on So-Called Green Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"723\" data-attachment-id=\"363499\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=363499\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01_qqgJ2ATr5S7_LWjvp5qBCw.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0,1_qqgJ2ATr5S7_LWjvp5qBCw\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01_qqgJ2ATr5S7_LWjvp5qBCw.jpg?fit=723%2C723&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01_qqgJ2ATr5S7_LWjvp5qBCw.jpg?resize=723%2C723&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-363499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01_qqgJ2ATr5S7_LWjvp5qBCw.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01_qqgJ2ATr5S7_LWjvp5qBCw.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01_qqgJ2ATr5S7_LWjvp5qBCw.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01_qqgJ2ATr5S7_LWjvp5qBCw.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01_qqgJ2ATr5S7_LWjvp5qBCw.jpg?resize=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01_qqgJ2ATr5S7_LWjvp5qBCw.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01_qqgJ2ATr5S7_LWjvp5qBCw.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01_qqgJ2ATr5S7_LWjvp5qBCw.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01_qqgJ2ATr5S7_LWjvp5qBCw.jpg?resize=450%2C450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01_qqgJ2ATr5S7_LWjvp5qBCw.jpg?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01_qqgJ2ATr5S7_LWjvp5qBCw.jpg?resize=550%2C550&amp;ssl=1 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2025\/01\/25\/free-our-energy-sector-from-crippling-regulations-and-inflationary-spending-on-so-called-green-energy\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=free-our-energy-sector-from-crippling-regulations-and-inflationary-spending-on-so-called-green-energy&amp;utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=free-our-energy-sector-from-crippling-regulations-and-inflationary-spending-on-so-called-green-energy\">CFACT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/author\/john-r-hays-jr\/\">John R. Hays, Jr.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"363497\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=363497\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Denver-Colorado-night.jpg?fit=848%2C565&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"848,565\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;16927595 - denver skyline. image of denver skyline and busy highway in the foreground.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;rudi1976\/123RF&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Denver-Colorado-night\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;16927595 &amp;#8211; denver skyline. image of denver skyline and busy highway in the foreground.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Denver-Colorado-night.jpg?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Denver-Colorado-night.jpg?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-363497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Denver-Colorado-night.jpg?w=848&amp;ssl=1 848w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Denver-Colorado-night.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Denver-Colorado-night.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">16927595 &#8211; denver skyline. image of denver skyline and busy highway in the foreground.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump now has a second opportunity to free the U.S. energy industry from unnecessary and expensive regulations, including oppressive, senseless caps that jeopardize our energy independence and give advantage to foreign markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Change is much needed, especially since Joe Biden has overturned&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/2021\/climate-environment\/biden-climate-environment-actions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">three-quarters of Trump\u2019s deregulatory actions<\/a>&nbsp;that prioritized American energy independence and natural resources. Biden walked back President Trump\u2019s sanctioning of the Keystone XL Pipeline, imposed burdensome regulations on the emissions of naturally occurring gases like methane, and circumvented the legislative process by mandating federal agencies to create wide-sweeping proposals on obtaining carbon neutrality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, the Biden administration\u2019s disastrous misnamed \u201cInflation Reduction Act\u201d has raised energy prices, skyrocketed inflation, and has failed to provide the clean energy advancement it promised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With Congress now on his side, President Trump can spearhead the adoption of much-needed energy reforms that have been blocked or overturned and can encourage policies that reduce costs, cultivate energy independence and stability, and put America\u2019s interests and wellbeing first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his first term, President Trump made great strides with environmental and energy sector deregulation, such as suspending participation in the Paris Climate Agreement, replacing the Clean Power Plan with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/stationary-sources-air-pollution\/affordable-clean-energy-rule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Affordable Clean Energy Rule<\/a>, and lifting natural gas and oil extraction bans. But because the majority of these reforms were temporary fixes in the form of executive orders, it is crucial that President Trump\u2019s second term policies create sustainable, long-term change that is written into law by Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a whole, President Trump\u2019s energy and environmental philosophy must remain anchored in free enterprise, economic stability, and independence from foreign adversaries. There are several steps he can take and encourage Congress to adopt to revive the stability and excellence of American energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, he should focus on eliminating harmful subsidies that distort energy markets and effectively nearly double the capital cost of electric generation. Wind energy subsidies are one example of these extraneous expenses that are made in the name of climate justice.&nbsp; Instead, they&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/climate\/commentary\/5-reasons-why-we-shouldnt-keep-subsidizing-wind-and-solar-energy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disincentivize innovation, reduce competition, and raise prices for consumers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Second, the new administration should take a deregulatory scalpel to the countless unnecessary environmental and energy regulations that choke out competition, discourage energy development, and are not otherwise justified, such as regulations on emissions from naturally occurring gases like methane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next, President Trump should encourage Congress to unleash our natural resources for greater innovation and economic growth. This can be done by discouraging restrictions on natural gas usage for appliances, promoting exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG), facilitating construction of new pipelines and use of existing ones, and streamlining the leasing of federal lands for oil and gas development, such as Alaska\u2019s National Petroleum Reserve and Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The latter is especially important in light of Biden\u2019s recent action to prevent drilling on over 625 million acres of offshore lands, something President Trump should take every action to reverse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To accomplish these objectives, the permitting process for energy projects must be reformed and streamlined to remove unjustified permits and solve the inefficiencies and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cleanpower.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/gateway\/2023\/04\/ACP_PermittingReform_230407_3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">years-long processing delays<\/a>&nbsp;that stifle energy development and growth. Processing energy project permits in a timely and efficient manner will grow American jobs, fast-track energy independence, and ignite innovation of cleaner, alternative sources of energy such as nuclear generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the end, America\u2019s domestic energy policies can only do so much for the environment and lessening the effects of any anthropomorphic climate change, since America contributes only a small fraction of overall so-called \u201cgreenhouse gases.\u201d&nbsp; Moreover, human activity is not the sole determiner of climate changes, and much change is caused by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/discovering-geology\/climate-change\/what-causes-the-earths-climate-to-change\/#:~:text=Geological%20records%20show%20that%20there,carbon%20dioxide%20(CO2).\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">environmental phenomena outside human control<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 such as sunspots, volcanic activity, variations in Earth\u2019s orbit, and changing CO2 levels. It is crucial that the incoming administration have a clear, well-rounded energy agenda that stabilizes the economy and slashes burdensome, politically correct regulations while still exploring cleaner and more efficient sources of sustainable energy. The two are not mutually exclusive. Now is the perfect time for the incoming administration to prioritize their fusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately, the new energy and environmental policy platform must protect taxpayers from gratuitous spending in the name of \u201cclean energy\u201d \u2014 the Inflation Reduction Act\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/featured-stories\/the-inflation-reduction-acts-benefits-and-costs#:~:text=And%20in%20April%2C%20University%20of,line%20with%20these%20outside%20projections.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$1 trillion fiscal cost<\/a>&nbsp;being a prime example. It must include them in important climate and energy policy discussions and proposals, and it must prevent the energy shortages and inflation that are inevitable under today\u2019s progressive regulations and caps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Environmental and energy agency employees must be transparent with and accountable to the American people about the costs of policies and regulations made in the name of preventing global warming. Sweeping climate and energy policy discussions should occur in the public sphere, not behind the closed doors of the EPA and the DOE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">America\u2019s energy and environmental policies are no longer simply a debate over whether anthropomorphic climate change exists and whether fossil fuels are responsible for global warming \u2013 it has evolved into an economic and national security issue that affects every American. The country needs energy independence to not only succeed, but to survive. Threats of foreign aggression loom on every front. Depending on our adversaries for critical energy supplies is reckless and irresponsible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thankfully, conservatives finally have another chance to restore reliability, abundance, and affordability in the energy sector by unleashing our natural resources and removing anti-growth regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At long last, the new administration can combat the Biden-Harris progressive climate agenda that did nothing but waste American energy potential and burden hardworking Americans, all in the name of \u201csaving the planet.\u201d Such virtue-signaling policies are neither economically nor scientifically sound, and the next four years provide the perfect opportunity to overturn them and unleash the economic growth, innovation, and energy stability that America\u2019s abundant natural resources make possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This article originally appeared at&nbsp;<a 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