Activists Are Destroying American Energy — Here’s How To Stop Them

Climate advocates and activists hold up signs and a banner during a protest demanding that the U.S. Import Bank stop financing Fossil Fuels.(Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Friends of the Earth)

If leftists hate fossil fuels so much, why don’t they just stop using them?

The answer is that they can’t, because our natural sources of energy are the basis for both the U.S. and global economies, and they make life livable today.

So, while they can’t quit the use of oil, natural gas, and coal, misguided liberal politicians around the country are nevertheless simultaneously passing laws and filing lawsuits to punish perfectly lawful behavior by the companies that produce our energy. 

And when that punishment is administered, it is the American consumers who suffer.

The point of all of it is to squeeze money out of private firms, destroy their ability to operate and produce, and increase the price of energy. Their clear goal is to completely eliminate the use of fossil fuels and make the ride as painful as possible for everyone. (RELATED: Fossil Fuels Fight To Keep America Warm This International Clean Energy Day)

But their logic is absurd, because they need energy companies to be healthy enough to fund their liberal legislative wish lists. Put another way, they are dependent on milk from a cow they are actively trying to kill.

Congress must put a stop to this foolishness, not only because these theories cannot pass legal or constitutional muster, but because they are dangerous.

That’s why I’ve introduced legislation called the Stop Climate........

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