Podcasts Government Resources Radio The History of the Defense Production Act in the Energy Sector, with Ty Priest

The History of the Defense Production Act in the Energy Sector, with Ty Priest

Published: April 24, 2022, midnight

In this week\u2019s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Ty Priest, associate professor of history and geography at the University of Iowa. Priest explains the origin, history, and potential future of the Defense Production Act in the context of US energy development. Priest and Raimi discuss how the act has evolved and expanded under different presidential administrations since it was enacted in 1950 and how the act has been invoked to promote domestic energy security in the face of major concerns such as COVID and climate change.\n\nReferences and recommendations:\n\n\u201cGlobal Gambits: Big Steel and the US Quest for Manganese\u201d by Tyler Priest; https://typriest.com/global-gambits/\n\n\u201c\u2018Can We Please Stop Talking about Energy Independence?\u2019\u201d by Daniel Raimi; https://www.resources.org/common-resources/can-we-please-stop-talking-about-energy-independence/\n\n\u201cEnergy Crises: Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Hard Choices in the 1970s\u201d by Jay Hakes; https://www.oupress.com/9780806190983/energy-crises/\n\n\u201cThe Bridge: Natural Gas in a Redivided Europe\u201d by Thane Gustafson; https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674987951