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In recent months we've posted a number of times on the U.S. Model†of domestic energy and economic growth coupled with greenhouse gas reductions (see here, here and here). Let that sink in: The United States is simultaneously the world's No. 1 producer of oil and natural gas and the world leader in reducing emissions. Energy growth and climate progress together. That's the U.S. Model.

It's important to grasp the impacts of the U.S. model and also how it came about. Because despite nearly a decade of energy, economic and climate progress, all stemming from America's energy renaissance, some continue to push for new energy regulation that could put all of these benefits at risk. API President and CEO Jack Gerard during a press briefing:

It was really through innovation horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing that we were able to produce vast amounts of cleaner-burning, reliable, affordable energy. And that's what's allowed us to see this significant shift in the energy equation. It wasn't government regulation.â€

Looking at the plus side of this equation, we see energy growth, lots of it. In domestic crude oil production:

And also natural gas output:

These surges in home-grown oil and gas production are making the United States stronger economica...