When Washington Picks Winners, Innovation Loses
January 14, 2026
January 14, 2026
January 12, 2026
Power The Future is calling on Congress to conduct an immediate review of the Department of Energy’s unprecedented grant and loan activity in the final weeks of the Biden administration. At the center of the concern is former Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, who authorized roughly $710 million in DOE funding to entities in New Jersey shortly before accepting a senior role overseeing energy policy for the state’s governor-elect. As outlined in PTF’s letter to Congress, Granholm authorized approximately $710 million in DOE funding to entities in New Jersey before later accepting a senior position overseeing energy policy for New Jersey’s governor-elect….
January 9, 2026
The Trump administration announced this week that it will withdraw the United States from multiple international climate agreements that have long undermined American sovereignty and delivered little to no environmental benefit. For years, these agreements imposed high costs on U.S. energy producers, workers, and families—while granting the world’s largest polluters, including China, a free pass. American companies were told to produce less, pay more, and accept limits set by foreign bureaucrats, even as China expanded its energy production and pollution with virtually no consequences. Daniel Turner, Founder and Executive Director of Power The Future, summed it up clearly in response to the…
January 8, 2026
Yesterday, the Council on Environmental Quality completed one of the most consequential permitting reforms in decades, putting an end to a regulatory framework that had slowed American infrastructure to a crawl. By finalizing the removal of its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing regulations, CEQ has restored common sense to a system that for years prioritized paperwork over progress. This action follows President Donald Trump’s day-one directive to unleash American energy and fix a broken permitting process that stifled investment, delayed projects, and drove up costs for families and businesses. As CEQ Chairman Katherine Scarlett put it, “NEPA’s regulatory reign of terror has ended.” She’s right….
January 6, 2026
For years, radical environmental groups have insisted they want “accountability,” not chaos. What happened this week in Berlin tells a very different story. According to Reuters, a suspected arson attack on a power facility in southwest Berlin left tens of thousands of residents without electricity. Officials say the attack was carried out by far-left extremists explicitly targeting fossil fuel–based energy infrastructure. Up to 45,000 households lost power. Thousands of businesses were affected. Some may remain in the dark for days. The motive was not subtle. As Reuters reported: “The letter claiming responsibility has been classified as authentic by the security authorities……
January 5, 2026
While the Biden administration spent years slow-walking permits and pandering to radical environmental activists, the Trump energy agenda is delivering exactly what it promised: American energy dominance. This record-breaking performance comes despite the Biden administration’s decision to pause approvals for new LNG export facilities, a move that froze future capacity, injected uncertainty into global markets, and handed leverage back to adversaries like Russia. The exports powering this banner year were enabled by projects approved before Biden’s pause and unleashed under President Trump’s pro-energy agenda. According to Reuters, the United States shattered records in 2025, becoming the first country in the world…
January 2, 2026
Energy Predictions for the Year Ahead The start of a new year always brings resolutions, big promises, and predictions. Power The Future Founder and Executive Director Daniel Turner recently shared a few predictions for 2026 in the Washington Reporter. Blue states will face an energy reckoning.After years of denial, even eco-left-friendly media now admit that aggressive green mandates raise prices and undermine reliability. Governors who once campaigned against pipelines and fossil fuels are quietly reversing course. This isn’t ideological growth; it’s political survival. Data center demand will spark chaos.America’s data center boom is real, and so is the electricity it requires. PTF warned about…
December 24, 2025
Over the past decade, environmental advocacy has evolved into a sophisticated, well-funded ecosystem that influences infrastructure outcomes at nearly every stage of the development process. Rather than opposing projects solely through public protest, modern climate activism increasingly operates through institutional mechanisms, litigation, regulatory pressure, academic research, elections, and permitting processes, that shape how, when, and whether projects are allowed to move forward. Read how delay is the goal from well-funded and well-coordinated environmental activism, and how that raises prices on families.
December 23, 2025
For years, Power The Future has warned that aggressive green energy mandates would come with a heavy price tag for working families. Higher utility bills. Fewer jobs. Weaker reliability. Those warnings were routinely dismissed by politicians, environmental activists, and much of the media as alarmist or partisan. This week, that narrative quietly collapsed. In a striking editorial, The Washington Post acknowledged what Power The Future has been saying all along: ideology-driven climate policies are unaffordable. The paper examined New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s recent retreat from several cornerstone green mandates—including delaying a natural gas ban, approving new pipeline infrastructure, and pivoting toward…
December 22, 2025
Today, the Trump administration announced a pause on all large-scale offshore wind projects currently under construction, citing newly identified national security risks. Fox News reports, “In a press release, DOI says the pause will “give the Department, along with the Department of War and other relevant government agencies, time to work with leaseholders and state partners to assess the possibility of mitigating the national security risks posed by these projects.”’ The pause applies to five major projects: Vineyard Wind 1, Revolution Wind, CVOW, Sunrise Wind, and Empire Wind. ‘”The prime duty of the United States government is to protect the American…