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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
Environment
Environment
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Photovoltaic power generation panels at Yangzhong Binjiang Park on June 15, 2022, in Zhenjiang, China. (Song Wei/VGC via Getty Images)
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Smoke billows from smokestacks and a coal fired generator at a steel factory on November 19, 2015 in the industrial province of Hebei, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the World Leaders' Summit "Accelerating Clean Technology Innovation and Deployment" session on day three of COP26 on November 02, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on day three of COP26 at SECC on November 2, 2021 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. (Photo by Steve Reigate - Pool / Getty Images)
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Gas prices approaching $5 a gallon are displayed in front of a Shell gas station on October 05, 2021 in San Rafael, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Aerial view of Oil and gas industry (Getty Images)
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Employees work on production line at a new factory of China's leading new energy vehicle (NEV) manufacturer BYD on July 6, 2020 in Huai'an, Jiangsu Province of China. (Photo by Zhao Qirui/VCG via Getty Images)
Experts
Brigham A. McCown
Senior Fellow and Director, Initiative on American Energy Security
