A Moral Evaluation Of The Obama Administration’s Energy Policies

I was recently able to speak before the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee. Below is a transcript of my testimony: The energy industry is the industry that powers every other industry. To the extent energy is affordable, plentiful and reliable, human beings thrive. To the extent energy is unaffordable, scarce or unreliable, human beings suffer. And yet in this …

At CERAWeek Fossil Fuel Leaders Should Make A Moral Case For Their Industry

Next week, the energy industry and in particular the fossil fuel industry gets together for its largest gathering, CERAWeek, featuring everyone from the Saudi Arabian oil ministers to the CEO of Shell to the Secretary of Energy. Most of the attendees will be industry members and, from looking at the program and the title “Energy Transition: Strategies for a New World,” …

How Has The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels Impacted You?

Friday was the one year anniversary of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, and as we look back at the time since, we want to hear your stories. If you’ve been impacted by the book and would like to share, use this form to tell us how it affected your thinking on energy and morality. The writers of our ten favorite …

Discussing The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels on The Glenn Beck Program

I went on Glenn Beck’s radio show this morning to talk fossil fuels. Some of the topics we discussed in my half hour segment: How my background in philosophy led me to champion fossil fuels. Why having risks or side-effects doesn’t make something immoral. How to think about your environment, if your goal is to maximize human well-being, instead of minimizing …

The Moral Case For Investing, Not Divesting, In Fossil Fuels

Since I comment on the energy industry for a living, I do not invest in energy stocks, including stocks in the fossil fuel industry. But if I did invest in the fossil fuel industry, I would be damn proud of all the good my investment was doing in the world. And so should the thousands of university endowments and financial …

“A High-Test Success”: Media Coverage of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels

Alex Epstein’s The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels is already impacting the energy debate, and the media coverage it’s earned points to this. In December we gave you an archive of Alex’s writing around the time of the book release. Now here’s an overview of some of the many articles published that point to his work as influence. Spreading The Moral Case References were already popping …

Fossil Fuels Work. Footsteps, Hazelnuts, and Wind Energy Don’t: Alex Epstein’s Writings Through the Moral Case Release

As he said in a recent newsletter update, Alex has been “writing up a storm” since the weeks prior to the release of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels. You’ve probably read several of the articles already as we’ve shared them around piece-by-piece. But you’ve also probably missed at least some, so much like with his People’s Climate March Counter-Protest, I put together an overview of this …