Energy Security for the People

This article is part of the series, “Left Hook Economics: The Dollars & Sense Policy Forum.”

PERI researcher James K. Boyce argues that for working Americans, energy security means being able to afford to drive to work, heat a home, and keep the lights on.

“The energy security case for renewables comes on top of the environmental case. Although climate change mitigation is sometimes described as a “moral imperative,” it is also rapidly becoming an economic imperative.”