Earth Day Reality Check
In a new Earth Day op-ed on Fox News, Power The Future founder Daniel Turner provides a straightforward assessment of where the climate movement really stands. Spoiler: they are on the sidelines and running out of gas.
“Former White House chief of staff (and potential 2028 presidential hopeful) Rahm Emanuel is associated with the phrase: “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” His point was parlaying voters’ short-term anxiety into long-term political gain.
Yet with a gallon of gasoline averaging more than $4 in early April, the normal deafening chorus from the environmental movement has fallen to a dull murmur – even in the lead-up to Earth Day, their holiest of high holidays. With the world gripped by an energy crisis, the relative quiet from climate groups is an acknowledgment that their beliefs are no solution.”
Turner highlights a clear shift: as energy prices climb and global instability continues, many of the loudest voices advocating aggressive climate policies have fallen silent or changed their stance. From California officials now recognizing the need to boost oil production to waning support for electric vehicles, real-world events are prompting a course correction.
“While current elevated gas prices are painful, countries more energy dependent than the United States feel the squeeze. In March, the Philippines shifted to four-day workweeks. Slovenia became the first European Union country to ration fuel. Thousands of gas stations across Australia, which import 90% of its fuel from the Middle East, ran out of fuel.
It’s a different story here at home, where U.S. crude oil imports from the Persian Gulf have fallen to the lowest level in 40 years amid increasing domestic production.
Meanwhile, prices in the U.S. for natural gas, responsible for nearly half (43%) of our nation’s electricity, have remained relatively flat, while spiking roughly 70% in Europe and Asia.
President Trump deserves great credit for his renewed focus on American energy dominance.”
The message this Earth Day: reality is catching up with rhetoric. Policies based on affordability, reliability, and energy security will always outweigh political messaging disconnected from the real world.
You can watch Daniel Turner discuss his piece on Fox and Friends First
April 22, 2026