Energy enters the US culture wars

Energy enters the US culture wars

Two things to start: Joe Biden's climate agenda is running into trouble.

Welcome back to another Energy Source.

We've reported extensively on Joe Biden's wish to reshape America's energy system to fight climate change, interviewing legislators, chief executives, lawyers, and others about the big plan.

But few of the folks who live and work in the country's energy-producing heartlands voted for this energy transition. In April and May, I went on a 3,100-mile road trip across America's oil, gas, and coal-producing regions, driving from North Dakota to the Gulf Coast, to hear from people whose voices don't often make it into the FT “” but have a lot at stake in what happens. The magazine piece on it all has just been published. Today's first note offers some reflections on the trip.

Meanwhile, Charif Souki, America's most famous natural gas tycoon, had some words this week about day traders and short sellers targeting his company, Tellurian. Read on to find out what he said.

Thanks for reading “” Derek

On the road in America's energy heartlands: three takeaways

1. The political divide between producer and consumer states is widening

Rising shale oil and gas production in recent years allowed Donald Trump to proclaim American energy "independence“.

Now oilfield workers