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> This includes the current US president, who signed a bunch of executive orders right after taking office that increased gas prices by restricting fossil fuel

> This includes the current US president, who signed a bunch of executive orders right after taking office that increased gas prices by restricting fossil fuel production. I'm sorry, what? https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/19/business/us-production-oil-reserves-crude/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/19/business/us-production-oil-re...

gotoeleven 3y ago
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/biden-cancels-last-oil-and-gas-leases-in-alaskas-arctic-refuge-overturns-sales-held-by-trump https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/biden-cancels-last-oil... https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/01/26/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-temporary-pause-on-pending-approvals-of-liquefied-natural-gas-exports/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases... https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/29/climate/biden-offshore-drilling-plan.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/29/climate/biden-offshore-dr... This is just the most recent ones.
- _zagj 3y ago
  Don't forget the Keystone XL cancellation: https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-keystone-pipeline-canada-environment-and-nature-141eabd7cca6449dfbd2dab8165812f2 https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-keystone-p...
- _zagj 3y ago
  > https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/01/26/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-temporary-pause-on-pending-approvals-of-liquefied-natural-gas-exports/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases... >> FACT SHEET: Biden- Harris Administration Announces Temporary Pause on Pending Approvals of Liquefied Natural Gas Exports The administration here more or less admits high energy prices are driving inflation. Otherwise, why would they pause new LNG export licenses, even to Europe, where we're fighting a proxy war with Russia and US LNG exports offer a way to hurt Russia and its economy and help our allies at the same time? The climate argument doesn't hold much water, since it isn't clear it won't just mean increased domestic consumption--given that greater supply will, and in fact has, result it much lower prices (which last checked are at pandemic levels)--and even if it does mean less foreign consumption, it could be offset by more consumption of coal and other environmentally worse alternatives to LNG. It's clearly a last-ditch effort by the administration to pull on a deflationary lever before the election.
gotoeleven 3y ago
And this one just today! https://tsscolorado.com/dems-unveil-system-changer-bills-to-limit-oil-and-gas-drilling-new-emissions/ https://tsscolorado.com/dems-unveil-system-changer-bills-to-...

gotoeleven 3y ago

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/biden-cancels-last-oil-and-gas-leases-in-alaskas-arctic-refuge-overturns-sales-held-by-trump https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/biden-cancels-last-oil... https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/01/26/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-temporary-pause-on-pending-approvals-of-liquefied-natural-gas-exports/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases... https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/29/climate/biden-offshore-drilling-plan.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/29/climate/biden-offshore-dr... This is just the most recent ones.

_zagj 3y ago
Don't forget the Keystone XL cancellation: https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-keystone-pipeline-canada-environment-and-nature-141eabd7cca6449dfbd2dab8165812f2 https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-keystone-p...
_zagj 3y ago
> https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/01/26/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-temporary-pause-on-pending-approvals-of-liquefied-natural-gas-exports/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases... >> FACT SHEET: Biden- Harris Administration Announces Temporary Pause on Pending Approvals of Liquefied Natural Gas Exports The administration here more or less admits high energy prices are driving inflation. Otherwise, why would they pause new LNG export licenses, even to Europe, where we're fighting a proxy war with Russia and US LNG exports offer a way to hurt Russia and its economy and help our allies at the same time? The climate argument doesn't hold much water, since it isn't clear it won't just mean increased domestic consumption--given that greater supply will, and in fact has, result it much lower prices (which last checked are at pandemic levels)--and even if it does mean less foreign consumption, it could be offset by more consumption of coal and other environmentally worse alternatives to LNG. It's clearly a last-ditch effort by the administration to pull on a deflationary lever before the election.

gotoeleven 3y ago

And this one just today! https://tsscolorado.com/dems-unveil-system-changer-bills-to-limit-oil-and-gas-drilling-new-emissions/ https://tsscolorado.com/dems-unveil-system-changer-bills-to-...