State of the Union: American Energy Dominance Wins

February 24, 2026

As President Trump prepares to address the nation tonight, one fact is already clear: the State of the Union for American energy is strong. Rather than apologizing for American energy, this administration embraced it. The results are measurable, the momentum is real, and tonight’s address comes at a moment when American energy is once again working for workers, families, and communities nationwide. “We are better off economically, stronger in our national security, and less dependent on our adversaries — and all it took was a new president,” said Daniel Turner, Founder and Executive Director for Power The Future. “Just over one…


EPA Restores Accountability to the Clean School Bus Program

February 19, 2026

Power The Future applauds today’s announcement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) outlining a path forward to revamp the Clean School Bus (CSB) Program. After years of mismanagement and one-size-fits-all mandates, EPA is taking concrete steps to strengthen oversight, expand fuel choice, and ensure better stewardship of taxpayer dollars. As EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin stated: “As was the case with so many of the Biden-era programs, the Clean School Bus program has been a disaster of poor management and wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars. At the Trump EPA, we have zero tolerance for reckless spending. Today, EPA takes the…


Maryland’s New Plan: Tax “Clean Energy” to Tell You It’s Affordable

February 19, 2026

If electric vehicles and renewable energy are truly affordable, why does Maryland want to tax them to fund advertising campaigns that say so? That’s exactly what a new bill in the Maryland State Senate would do. Introduced on February 6 by Democratic State Senator Kevin Harris, the proposal creates three new “affordability funds” for solar panels, energy storage, and zero-emission vehicles, funded by new fees on those same products. The Daily Caller reports, “The sales of solar photovoltaic modules would be surcharged at $0.02 per watt of generating capacity. Energy storage systems have a fee of $5 per kilowatt-hour of storage capacity….


California’s Energy Policies Are Making Gas Travel Thousands of Miles Before Reaching the Pump

February 17, 2026

California drivers are paying the highest gas prices in the nation. Thanks to years of extreme energy policies and regulatory failures, the Golden State is increasingly importing gasoline through the Bahamas. This costly, convoluted detour adds thousands of unnecessary miles before the fuel reaches the pump. The New York Post reports, “California is increasingly importing gasoline through the Bahamas — a workaround to a 106-year-old US shipping law that forces domestic fuel shipments onto costly American vessels. More than 40% of the gasoline California imported in November was routed through the Caribbean hub, a record high which comes as drivers in the…


Who is Funding the War on American Energy?

February 13, 2026

For years, the eco-left has insisted that its war on American energy was a “grassroots” movement. Now, we may be learning just how foreign those roots really are. Nineteen Republican attorneys general, led by Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, are urging Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice to investigate more than 150 U.S.-based nonprofits that have received nearly $2 billion in foreign funding over the past decade. The concern is that this funding may have been used to influence U.S. energy policy without registering under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). According to the letter, first reported…


President Trump Restores Coal’s Role in National Security

February 12, 2026

President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week directing the Department of War to enter into long-term power purchase agreements with America’s coal-fired power plants. The move will strengthen grid reliability and national defense. The order, “Strengthening United States National Defense with America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Power Generation Fleet,”makes clear that a resilient electric grid is the foundation of both military readiness and economic security. Under the directive, the Secretary of War, in coordination with the Department of Energy, will ensure reliable electricity from the U.S. coal fleet to power military bases and other mission-critical facilities. Speaking at the…




PTF Hails President Trump’s Move to Repeal Costly Obama-Era “Endangerment” Rule As a Generational Game Changer

February 10, 2026

For more than a decade, Washington bureaucrats and climate activists have leaned on one Obama-era regulation to justify an avalanche of rules that drove up energy prices, slowed infrastructure, and punished working families. That era may finally be ending. Reports that the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency will rescind the so-called “endangerment finding” mark one of the most consequential energy policy moves in a generation. The rule served as the legal foundation for more than $1 trillion in climate regulations, empowering regulators to reshape the American economy without a single vote from Congress. Power The Future applauds President Trump for…


A Failed Climate Coup in the Courts

February 9, 2026

The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board flagged a troubling episode this week that Power The Future has been scrutinizing over the past year: an attempt to quietly inject climate advocacy into the federal judiciary under the guise of “settled science.” Power The Future last summer called for the Trump administration to investigate this national lawfare campaign by climate activists and submitted FOIA requests into the group. In its editorial, the Board details how the Federal Judicial Center, which trains and advises federal judges, published a revised Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence that framed climate change disputes as comparable to tobacco denial, implicitly casting…