Alexander Joseph Epstein (/ˈɛpstaɪn/) is an American author who advocates for the expansion of fossil fuels and opposes the scientific consensus on climate change.

[9] Epstein grew up in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and attended Montgomery County Public Schools, where his favorite subjects were mathematics and science.

[16] He wrote The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, which reached #17 on a list of bestselling science books in early December 2014.

A Foreign Policy review of the book found that it "doesn't engage with much of the relevant scientific context" and "paints a paranoid picture of a climate science that cannot be trusted".

[13] Epstein has contributed opinion pieces to several media outlets on climate and energy issues, including USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, The Orange County Register, Fox News, and Forbes magazine.

He said that Epstein's discourse "only stands to benefit some African elites in the fossil fuels business, but at the cost of millions of people vulnerable to climate change.

[9] In a video response, Epstein denied racial biases but said, "Western culture is overall superior and certainly in terms of government historically, because it's really the birth of modern freedom.