Our NYT piece examines Hamm's determined, 15-year campaign to reshape US energy policy. Why? He wanted to extend out the life of fossil fuels to allow his family-controlled company to keep drilling. He argued this is essential to US. energy security. A free link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/b...

Rebecca Elliott and I were meanwhile busy interviewing oil industry folks and digging up government documents detailing how Hamm has repeatedly used his clout, along with other oil-industry execs, to radically reshape policies, often in concert with Trump. Started in Trump's first term.