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PAUL BLEDSOE on the war with iran
cbs wusa9 | april 6, 2026
Electricity, Not Oil, Is the Real America-First Energy Strategy
Since President Donald Trump began attacking Iran, global oil prices and U.S. gasoline costs have risen dramatically, with negative repercussions on already hard-pressed consumers and a shaky American economy. Oil prices have…
U.S. Gas and Renewables Help Buffer Power Consumers From War Costs
As President Donald Trump and Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu continue to prosecute a war against Iran, the energy narrative in many business outlets is that top U.S. gas exporters, already shipping near capacity, are unable…
Baseball needs reform to keep teams like Orioles competitive
Baseball is the only major American sport without a salary cap, a structural flaw that is allowing a few high-spending, big market teams to increasingly dominate the game while smaller market franchises become…
As the planet nears climate tipping points, Trump chooses denial
Climate disasters already cost US consumers and businesses more than $100bn a year. Earlier this month, the same day President Donald Trump ordered the US government to repeal the scientific determination that greenhouse gas…
Trump’s Arctic imperialism risks global climate meltdown
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Appalachian Gas Is Key to Lowering Emissions and Prices Amid Rising Power
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Electricity costs are rising rapidly — there is a solution, but Trump keeps blocking it
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Paul Bledsoe is a former Clinton White House, US Senate, and Interior Department official, and a leading political and policy expert whose writing regularly appears in the New York Times, Washington Post, Financial Times and other leading outlets.
Paul is President of Bledsoe & Associates, a strategic public policy firm specializing in tax policy, energy, natural resources and climate change. He is also a Professorial Lecturer at American University’s Center for Environmental Policy.
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