President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans ran on a plan for American energy: make it easier to produce and more affordable to purchase. In the first year since President Trump took office, his administration and congressional allies have taken over 250 actions to unleash America's energy potential. A list of those actions appears below.

January 20, 2025 

1. President Donald J. Trump had a whirlwind first day in office on January 20, signing some 200 executive orders , many...

Fueling The Conversation, Week of January 19th, 2026

Early in the morning of January 3, the U.S. carried out an operation to capture the self-proclaimed president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, to face trial in New York on charges of trafficking cocaine and partnering with cartels.

Removing Maduro from power was long overdue. More than 50 countries do not recognize him as the legitimately elected president of Venezuela. Under his leadership, the Venezuelan...

The American Energy Alliance supports H.R. 2988, the Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act.

For many years activists and advisory firms have encouraged and sometimes threatened fiduciaries responsible for managing and investing Americans' retirement savings to engage in so-called ESG investing. This type of investing involves elevating subjective political priorities rather than focusing on economic returns. Most average Americans did not even know that their investment...

On January 2nd, at 10:46 pm, the United States initiated Operation Absolute Resolve, leading to the capture of former President Maduro of Venezuela. Along with his wife, Maduro was extracted from Caracas and relocated to New York, where he has been charged with  Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy, Cocaine Importation Conspiracy, Possession of Machineguns and Destructive Devices, and Conspiracy to Possess Machineguns and Destructive Devices against the United States. Leading up to the capture of...

The Trump Interior Department ordered a halt to construction of all five offshore wind projects currently being built in the United States, pausing all leases for large-scale offshore wind projects that are currently under construction due to national security issues. The pauses affect the Vineyard Wind 1, Revolution Wind, Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, Sunrise Wind, and Empire Wind 1 projects. According to Politico , the national security risks were identified by the Department of Defense...

Venezuela holds the world’s largest proven oil reserves, but its petroleum industry, which was once very productive, has been reduced to a fraction of its former capacity due to mismanagement, underinvestment due to failed government policies, and international sanctions. Rebuilding Venezuela’s oil output from 900,000 barrels per day — less than 1% of global oil supply — to its former productivity will be a challenge and take years, billions of dollars, and political stability.

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California is keeping the Ivanpah solar plant operating due to “reliability” and the state’s “green” energy mandates, despite concerns from the private sector and the federal government. The Ivanpah Solar Power Facility was set to shut down in 2026  after failing to meet its energy targets. Despite receiving $1.6 billion in federal loan guarantees, nearly 75% of the facility’s cost, it struggled to generate power and had to rely on natural gas to operate rather than the sun. In...

As the Washington Examiner explains, California’s newest tax proposal is basically a subscription service that bills monthly for how often a car is driven. According to KMPH 26, the state has been paying for road maintenance through an ever-increasing gas tax that covers about 80% of the state’s road maintenance . At the same time, the state wants people to transition to electric vehicles (EVs) to help meet its goal of carbon neutrality by 2045. As more people switch to electric and...

The American Energy Alliance supports H.R. 4776 the SPEED Act.

The SPEED Act makes important modifications to the National Environmental Policy Act, including codifying principles of the decision in the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, CO  Supreme Court case. These reforms will help reduce the harms and abuse of the NEPA litigation process and allow important infrastructure to be built in a more timely and cost-effective process. Abuse of the NEPA process impedes all...

The American Energy Alliance supports H.J. Res. 131 providing for congressional disapproval of the 2024 BLM leasing plan for the Alaska coastal plain.

The Alaska coastal plain has long been set aside by Congress for oil and gas development. In 2017 Congress specifically mandated leasing in the coastal plain. The Biden administration's BLM plan placed so many limitations on coastal plain leasing that it amounted to a de facto ban on development, contradicted the express will of Congress....