David Jenkins, president of Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship, contributed a guest piece to Environment America titled Why environmentalism is conservative. The article explores how environmental protection connects to traditional conservative values like stewardship, responsibility, and preserving natural resources for future generations. It highlights the idea that caring for clean air, water, and public lands fits within a long-standing conservative ethic of passing something better on to those who come after us. It also points to examples from past conservative leadership in environmental policy to show that these principles have historically crossed party lines. Read the full piece:...
David Jenkins, president of Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship, recently published an op-ed in the The Gainesville Sun taking a closer look at Florida’s energy policies and what they mean for the future of solar. In Florida lawmakers favor solar monopolies over free market, Jenkins walks through concerns that current and proposed policies may be tilting the playing field toward monopoly utilities rather than encouraging real competition. He touches on what that could mean for rooftop solar, consumer choice, and long-term energy costs—while raising broader questions about how much government should shape the market. Read the full op-ed:...
David Jenkins, president of Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship, recently published an op-ed in the Reno Gazette Journal titled More drilling in Nevada won’t lower prices, just make Big Oil richer. In the piece, Jenkins looks at a question a lot of people are asking right now: would drilling more oil in the U.S. actually bring gas prices down? He explains that oil prices are set globally, so even if more drilling happens here at home, it doesn’t automatically mean cheaper prices at the pump for drivers. The op-ed also notes that expanding drilling on public lands would largely benefit big oil companies, since they are the ones best positioned to increase production and capture those profits. Read the full op-ed:...
