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Paul Bledsoe

Washington, D.C.
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Lecturer, American U., Fmr. White House, Interior Dept,Senate Finance official, Husband, Dad and writer on climate, Orioles, + film.
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Oil prices, data centers pave way for renewable energy comeback | Opinion Original

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By Paul Bledsoe
| USA Today Verified
April 14, 2026, 5:05 a.m. ET The energy affordability crisis caused by the Iran war and electricity-hungry data centers has now risen, like prices, to near the top of Americans’ political concerns. With hard-pressed consumers looking for answers, Democratic lawmakers have the opportunity to reset policy toward new low-cost technologies that can reduce costs and limit America’s chronic vulnerability to oil and electricity shocks. Since President Donald Trump began attacking Iran on Feb.
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Electricity, Not Oil, Is the Real America-First Energy Strategy

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By Paul Bledsoe
| Times-Leader Verified
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 shot up almost 50% in the last month, with consumer prices at the pump rising by nearly 25%, causing collateral damage from the stock market to household budgets to the broader economy.
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U.S. Gas and Renewables Help Buffer Power Consumers From War Costs

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By Paul Bledsoe
| The Press Verified
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 to fill the temporary loss of 20% of global liquefied natural gas volumes triggered by the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the temporary loss of Qatar’s gas exports.
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