2024 presidential candidates on energy production

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This page includes statements from the 2024 presidential candidates on energy production. These statements were compiled from each candidate's official campaign website, editorials, speeches, and debates.

The candidates featured on this page were the noteworthy Democratic and Republican candidates in the 2024 presidential election. Only candidates who addressed this page's issue on their campaign website, in public statements, or in public speeches have a quote featured on this page. See something we missed? Email us. The active noteworthy presidential candidates as of November 5, 2025, were:

Kamala Harris (D)
Donald Trump (R)
Chase Oliver (L)
Jill Stein (G)

Energy production

Democratic candidates

Kamala D. Harris

Harris' campaign website said, "As Vice President, she cast the tie-breaking vote to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, the largest investment in climate action in history. This historic work is lowering household energy costs, creating hundreds of thousands of high-quality clean energy jobs, and building a thriving clean energy economy, all while ensuring America’s energy security and independence with record energy production." ^{[source, as of 2024-09-09]}

Dean Phillips

Phillips' campaign website said, "Fortunately, the climate investments signed into law as part of the Inflation Reduction Act are both historic and meaningful. The incentives included in it will help lower energy costs and speed our transition to a clean energy economy while cutting emissions by 40% by 2030. This alone will not put a stop to the climate crisis – but it’s a darn good start. [...] In addition to supporting and voting for the climate investments included in the Inflation Reduction Act, Dean is an original co-sponsor of HR 2307, the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, which would put a price on carbon and return the proceeds to every taxpayer." ^{[source, as of 2023-12-19]}

Marianne Williamson

Williamson's campaign website said, "Transforming our energy sector is of course a critical component. America must step up and be the leader in the clean energy transition, not only to save our planet but to economically revitalize our country. Our continued reliance on fossil fuels – coal, oil and natural gas – is holding back a new, clean energy revolution that will benefit our economy, environment, and collective public health." ^{[source, as of 2023-12-19]}

Republican candidates

Ryan Binkley

Binkley's campaign website said, “America should never depend on foreign nations for our energy, especially those nations who fear and oppose our way of life. God granted us this rich and bountiful land that already has everything we require to meet our energy needs. By investing in homegrown and produced energy, we will create family-supporting jobs, reduce energy costs for working Americans, and break the stranglehold that nations like Russia have on the world’s economy. To do this, we must adopt a national ‘All Of The Above’ energy strategy that includes oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear power, biofuels, and emerging technologies.” ^{[source, as of 2023-12-19]}

Ron DeSantis

DeSantis' campaign website said, "DeSantis will unleash our domestic energy sector, modernize and protect our grid, and advance American energy independence. This will not only increase our economic and national security while reducing inflation, it will also help fuel a manufacturing renaissance that will create jobs, revitalize our communities, and improve our standard of living. We can no longer afford to tie one arm behind our economy's back by prioritizing the left's ideological agenda, crushing regulations, and endless permitting requirements." ^{[source, as of 2023-12-19]}

Nikki Haley

Haley’s campaign website said, “As president, I will never demonize our energy companies or demean the patriots who work for them. I will never weaponize the federal government to crush job creators or kill good-paying jobs. It’s time for Washington to stop working against American energy – and start working for our national interest. We’ll make it easier to produce far more energy than we do now. We will never stand in the way of clean, safe, and responsible exploration and development. We’ll fast-track permits for new projects and green-light pipelines and storage facilities from coast to coast. It shouldn’t take years, much less a decade, to get a permit. It should take weeks – if not days. If we could build the Pentagon in 16 months, we can approve the Keystone pipeline in 16 minutes. We’ll stop radical special interest groups from abusing our legal system to stop production in its tracks.” ^{[source, as of 2023-12-19]}

Asa Hutchinson

Hutchinson's campaign website listed the following policy, "Issue an executive order to implement a pro-growth energy policy, emphasizing bio-fuels; alternative fuel sources, and unleashing our oil and gas producers. I will open more federal lands for drilling, reduce the excessive regulation delays in the development of new nuclear facilities, and support the ethanol industry by eliminating the summer restrictions on E-15 ethanol." ^{[source, as of 2023-12-19]}

Vivek Ramaswamy

In a Republican debate, Ramaswamy said, "This isn’t that complicated, guys, unlock American energy, drill, frack, burn coal and embrace nuclear." ^{[source, as of 2023-08-23]}

Donald Trump

Trump's campaign website said, "Under President Donald J. Trump’s leadership, the United States became the number one producer of oil and natural gas on earth, achieving American energy independence and delivering historically low costs for oil, gas, diesel, and electricity to consumers and businesses. President Trump unlocked our country’s God-given abundance of oil, natural gas, and clean coal. He approved the Keystone XL and Dakota Access, pipelines, opening federal lands and offshore areas for responsible oil and gas production." ^{[source, as of 2023-12-21]}