Jason Walsh on energy economics
From @BlueGreenAlliance's Jason Walsh: How the US coal industry turned clean energy into a culture war · · Energy vs Climate: climate change & energy systems
“This was not about utilities looking at their balance sheet and looking at the price of natural gas versus coal. It was the Democratic Party and cosmopolitan elites who were trying to destroy your way of life.”
On , Jason Walsh, Executive Vice President of Manufacturing at KAISER ALUMINUM CORP, spoke about energy economics during @BlueGreenAlliance's Jason Walsh: How the US coal industry turned clean energy into a culture war on Energy vs Climate: climate change & energy systems.
About Jason Walsh
Jason Walsh, executive vice president of manufacturing at Kaiser Aluminum, appeared on the BlueGreen Alliance podcast on August 17, 2025. Walsh stated that the U.S. coal industry, working with the Republican Party, turned what he described as an economic issue into a culture war. He said the framing was not about utilities comparing the price of natural gas versus coal, but rather about the Democratic Party and "cosmopolitan elites" being portrayed as trying to destroy a way of life. Walsh added that he suspected this formula has been used in Alberta and other parts of Canada. Walsh also commented on the second presidency of Donald Trump, saying Trump had "nationalized" that approach and turned clean energy and climate action into a "full-on culture war." Walsh characterized Trump as an "authoritarian" and "culture warrior" whose response, in Walsh's view, was to "kill it."