About
Simon August is an energy reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation in Washington, D.C., where he covers oil and fuel markets and the federal policy decisions that shape what Americans pay for energy.
His recent reporting has examined the drawdown of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, record diesel prices and refining constraints, the effect of the war with Iran on Saudi crude exports, permitting reform in Congress, Environmental Protection Agency rulemaking, climate litigation headed to the Supreme Court and the electricity supply behind new data centers.
His articles draw on original interviews with lawmakers, federal agencies, market analysts and attorneys, and they are republished by the Daily Caller News Foundation’s partner publications across the country.
Before entering journalism, Simon worked in strategy consulting and in mergers and acquisitions.
Featured reporting
- Oil reserves America’s Emergency Oil Stockpile Is Running Low As Winter Nears
- Fuel prices Diesel Hits Record Even As Oil Prices Fall
- Permitting Opponents Of Energy Projects Could Lose Six-Year Window To Sue Under Senate Permitting Deal
- Data centers Big Tech, Unions And Private Equity Team Up To Stop States From Freezing Data Center Construction
Video
Interview
Sen. Kevin Cramer on permitting reform and energy costs
Latest reporting
- Senate Energy Bill Would Fine Any President Who Blocks A Whole Class Of Energy Projects
- Democrat Who Boasted Of Blocking Pipelines Now Wants One Approved Quickly
- Senate Democrats Ask If Trump’s Family Or Donors Benefit From Pentagon’s Venezuela Oil Deal
- Oil Prices Fall As Europe Weighs Trump’s Diesel Demand
- China Halts Fuel Exports A Week After Trump Asked Xi For More
- US Warns France, Germany: Release Diesel Or Face Export Ban
- Opponents Of Energy Projects Could Lose Six-Year Window To Sue Under Senate Permitting Deal
- Republican Governors Express Concerns About Trump Administration’s Nuclear Waste Demand
- Blue State Threatens Its Largest Coal Mine With Sanctions
- Big Tech, Unions And Private Equity Team Up To Stop States From Freezing Data Center Construction
Education
- 2026Master of Science in ManagementGeorgetown University, McDonough School of BusinessGlobal Citizen Scholarship. Associate Treasurer, Georgetown European Policy Organization; member, Capitol Campus Graduate Advisory Committee. Co-hosted “Cybersecurity in the Modern Foreign Service” with LSE Professor Alexander Evans. Global Business Experience consulting project in Ireland.
- 2025Master of Science in Economy and Society, MeritLondon School of Economics and Political ScienceDissertation on Buy Now Pay Later credit and household financial inequality in the United States. Department representative and course representative; member of the department teaching committee. Postgraduate Officer and Vice President, LSE Hayek Society.
- 2024Bachelor of Science in Economics and Politics, First-Class HonoursUniversity of ExeterGlobal Excellence Scholarship. Dissertation on the economic return to a U.S. college education. President, Exeter Student Volunteers, the university’s largest volunteering society; Co-President, Politics, Philosophy and Economics Society; Board of Studies and economics department representative.
Fellowships and awards
- 2026American Journalism Institute FellowDaily Caller News Foundation
- 2026Long View FellowAdvancing American Freedom
- 2026Heritage Academy FellowThe Heritage Foundation
- 2026Top Graduate, Youth Leadership SchoolLeadership Institute
- 2025Global Citizen ScholarshipGeorgetown University, McDonough School of Business
- 2024Shortlisted, Students’ Guild Community AwardExeter Student Volunteers, University of Exeter
- 2024Grand Challenges: Contemporary War and ConflictUniversity of Exeter
- 2023Exeter Leaders AwardUniversity of Exeter
- 2023Grand Challenges: Climate and Environment EmergencyUniversity of Exeter
- 2023The Exeter AwardUniversity of Exeter
- 2021Global Excellence ScholarshipUniversity of Exeter
Certifications
- 2026Nuclear Weapons Non-Proliferation CourseInstitute for Science and International Security
- 2024Bloomberg Finance FundamentalsBloomberg
- 2023Capital Markets and Securities Analyst (CMSA)Corporate Finance Institute
- 2023Financial Planning and Wealth Management (FPWM)Corporate Finance Institute
Contact
Story tips and interview requests may be sent to simon@dcnf.org or directed to @simonaugustdc on X.