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Katie Tahuahua

A native Texan, Katie has a lifelong passion for the power of the written word to educate, inspire, and persuade. Her communications, digital marketing, and public policy background includes service in the administrations of Governors Rick Perry and Greg Abbott, the Texas House of Representatives, and a congressional campaign. Her writing has appeared in national publications including Fox News and the Washington Examiner.

Energy & Environment

Five Things You Should Know about the Reconciliation Bill

It’s no secret that the budget reconciliation package is loaded with pork-barrel spending and sweeping policy changes that are inappropriate for budget legislation. Many of these provisions include incredibly expensive and harmful anti-energy policies that will cripple our economy, increase our dependence on foreign oil, and increase the cost of living, especially for the poorest Americans. Here...

September 21, 2021

Energy & Environment

Colonial Pipeline Shutdown Shows How Much We Need Fossil Fuels

President Joe Biden was quick to take credit for reopening the Colonial Pipeline (before a technical glitch brought it down again) and helping drivers fighting gas shortages — an ironic move considering the war he is waging on fossil fuels. Biden tweeted that it was thanks to the “extraordinary measures [his] administration has taken” that...

May 19, 2021

Immigration

Ignoring the Crisis at the Southern Border

Americans can sigh a sigh of relief. Our Border Czar, Vice President Kamala Harris, finally visited the border and spoke of protecting the men and women and the dignity of work, even calling for “much work that needs to be done in support of Milwaukee,” Sadly, it was the wrong border. We applaud the Vice...

May 19, 2021

Energy & Environment

Here’s Why Nobody’s Kids Need To Be Scared About Climate Change

My eight-month-old son has the cutest gummy grin. I know I’m biased — I’m sure your kids are cute, too — but it fills me with a joy I never imagined before becoming a mom. Like most moms, I’m fiercely protective. I take my maternal responsibilities seriously, balancing new experiences and challenges with guarding his...

May 3, 2021

Energy & Environment

The Rise of Eco-Anxiety in our Nation’s Youth

In recent years, psychologists have noticed an uptick in a new condition called eco-anxiety—what the American Psychological Association says is a “chronic fear of environmental doom.” The media is constantly feeding us exaggerated information regarding climate change. For example, in 2019, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez claimed “the world is going to end in 12 years...

April 21, 2021

Energy & Environment

Biden’s Anti-Fossil Fuel Agenda Hurts the World’s Poor

The first thing Aysha picks up when she opens her eyes to the warm glow of the morning sun is not an iPhone, not an alarm clock, not even a glass of water. It’s her collection of large plastic gasoline canisters. The 13-year-old Ethiopian straps them to her camel — which her family is lucky...

March 8, 2021

Energy & Environment

The Texas Power Outage Started With Bad Policy

The story of how Texas was brought to its knees by crippling cold weather leaving millions without power is a complex one, yet entirely predictable and avoidable. The details matter, so it is important to know the long story, but let’s start with the short version: For years, Texas’ grid operator (ERCOT) has overestimated the...

February 17, 2021

Energy & Environment

Safe and Warm? Thank Fossil Fuels

Punxsutawney Phil wasn’t kidding when he predicted six more weeks of winter. As most of the nation plunges into a bitter cold snap — with temperatures falling into the unheard-of single digits in Texas — we have fossil fuels to thank for keeping Texans warm and safe. For now, anyway. This week, as the state...

February 12, 2021

Energy & Environment

Congressional Democrats just admitted we can’t afford the Green New Deal

Democrats accidentally showed their hand by voting for a new loophole to the U.S. House of Representatives budget rules. The “pay as you go” rule, which imposes a modicum of fiscal restraint by requiring spending increases to be accompanied by spending cuts to keep the national deficit from growing, now specifically excludes climate change-related bills....

January 12, 2021

Energy & Environment

Coal for Christmas: How American energy can end global poverty

This Christmas morning, one billion people will wake up wishing for coal in their stockings. That’s how many people around the world have no electricity, and billions more have woefully sporadic access — men, women, and children just like you and me who live difficult, brutal, and short lives. Though it’s posh to hate on...

December 24, 2020

Energy & Environment

Black Lives Matter and the Green Movement are Incompatible

Recent fatal encounters between African Americans and police officers have focused new attention on the recurring issue of institutional racism affecting Black communities. Among the inequalities that have been brought into question, “environmental injustice” has been at the forefront. It has compelled environmental advocacy groups to express solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement; however,...

July 14, 2020

Energy & Environment

What to expect when you’re expecting the climate apocalypse

It was an evening like any other. While relaxing on the couch with my husband, feeling my 33-week-old son bumping around in my belly, I absent-mindedly tapped on a new message in my inbox and read “Climate Change Can Pose Pregnancy Risks, Study Finds.” As if pregnancy isn’t already fraught with enough anxiety. Despite the...

July 3, 2020