16-12 Same Enemy — Two Fronts?
Air Dates: March 21st & 22nd, 2026 | Guests:Jen Hamaker, president of ONRI, and Craig Rucker, president of CFACT
About This Episode
On Show 16-12, we’re exposing the “war on success” as the administration moves to unlock America’s vast natural resources—from Oregon’s struggling timber lands to California’s dormant offshore rigs.
Oregon timber industry policy
To do that, we welcome longtime listener favorite Jennifer Hamaker, President of ONRI (Oregon Natural Resource Industries), to examine how the “maximum productivity model” is finally challenging the status quo. We’ll reveal how new executive orders aim to turn our forests back into economic powerhouses before the next season’s housing supply goes up in smoke.
Energy Independence: US oil production vs consumption
In the energy sector, we cut through the alarmism to show how U.S. production now outpaces consumption by 2 million barrels daily. Craig Rucker, President of CFACT (the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow), joins us to discuss the strategic override of “green mandates” to secure the West Coast supply and stabilize prices despite Middle East tensions. Finally, we expose the globalist pivot from climate funding to a new “plastics agenda” and what it means for your wallet.
From Tehran to Sacramento—find out what’s the real war on America’s success is.
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Show Notes: Research, Links Mentioned & Additional Info
Our Guests’ Websites
Jen Hamaker is president of Oregon Natural Resources, ONRI.us
Craig Rucker is co-founder and president of the Committee For a Constructive Tomorrow, CFACT.org
Links Mentioned
- Energy independence makes all the difference (Craig Rucker – author, Mar 18, 2026)
- Trump Threatens to ‘Blow Up’ World’s Largest Gas Field If Iran Attacks Qatar (Epoch Times, Mar 19, 2026)
- FAQs: What countries are the top producers and consumers of oil? (US Energy Information Administration)
- They’ve nearly given up on climate — plastics will be next (CFACT, Craig Rucker, March 11, 2026)
- Trump steamrolls over California’s anti-fossil fuel crusade (Just the News, Mar 17, 2026)
- Oregon Recycling Modernization Act update (Natural Resource Report, Aug 11, 2025)
- Weeks after launching new statewide recycling program, Oregon sued by wholesalers (OPB, Aug 5, 2025)
- Oregon DEQ Issues Enforcement Letters and Vows Not to Refund Fees Following Temporary Injunction that Questions Constitutionality of EPR Law (National Law Review, Mar 17, 2206)