TY - JOUR
T1 - The Energy Covenant: Energy Dominance and the Rhetoric of the Aggrieved
T2 - Energy Dominance and the Rhetoric of the Aggrieved
AU - Schneider, Jen
AU - Peeples, Jennifer
N1 - Schneider, Jen and Peeples, Jennifer. (2018). "The Energy Covenant: Energy Dominance and the Rhetoric of the Aggrieved". Frontiers in Communication, 3, 5-1 - 5-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2018.00005
PY - 2018/2/1
Y1 - 2018/2/1
N2 - The Trump Administration has adopted “energy dominance” as its guiding ideology for energy policy, marking a notable shift from decades of “energy security” rhetoric. This paper analyzes how Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke, one of the administration’s key spokespeople for energy dominance, uses “energy covenant renewal” to frame the importance of energy dominance for the conservative base. Covenant renewal is a modified form of the jeremiad; Zinke uses it to unite conservative identities around energy politics and policies. Energy dominance thus invites those who feel aggrieved under Obama administration regulatory policy and the multicultural identity politics of the left to renew their commitment to fossil fuels, American exceptionalism, and a restored social order and privilege.
AB - The Trump Administration has adopted “energy dominance” as its guiding ideology for energy policy, marking a notable shift from decades of “energy security” rhetoric. This paper analyzes how Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke, one of the administration’s key spokespeople for energy dominance, uses “energy covenant renewal” to frame the importance of energy dominance for the conservative base. Covenant renewal is a modified form of the jeremiad; Zinke uses it to unite conservative identities around energy politics and policies. Energy dominance thus invites those who feel aggrieved under Obama administration regulatory policy and the multicultural identity politics of the left to renew their commitment to fossil fuels, American exceptionalism, and a restored social order and privilege.
KW - covenant renewal
KW - energy communication
KW - energy democracy
KW - energy dominance
KW - energy policy
KW - jeremiad
KW - environmental rhetoric
UR - https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/pubadmin_facpubs/80
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85048279935&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fcomm.2018.00005
DO - 10.3389/fcomm.2018.00005
M3 - Article
VL - 3
JO - Public Policy and Administration Faculty Publications and Presentations
JF - Public Policy and Administration Faculty Publications and Presentations
M1 - 00005
ER -