Boyd Carter
The Biden administration has implemented multiple policies that have harmed America’s domestic energy production and weakened the country’s standing internationally leading to gas shortages and the highest-ever prices in the nation’s history.
“President Biden and the Democrats in Congress have a plan for American energy: make it harder to produce and more expensive to purchase. Since Mr. Biden took office, his administration and its allies have taken over 150 actions deliberately designed to make it harder to produce energy here in America,” according to a May 23 Institute for Energy Research (IER) report.
Immediately after becoming president, Biden implemented a series of measures aimed at limiting fossil fuel use. This included canceling the Keystone XL pipeline, issuing a moratorium on all oil and natural gas leasing activities in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and revoking Trump-era orders that decreased regulations on federal land while expanding the ability to produce energy domestically.
Biden implemented measures that artificially raised the regulatory costs of fossil fuel energy production. He also issued an executive order announcing a moratorium on new oil and gas leases on public lands or in offshore waters as well as reconsideration of federal oil and gas permitting and leasing practices.
The president then signed an executive order that directed agencies to eliminate federal fossil fuel subsidies wherever possible, thus putting oil and gas firms at a disadvantage compared to other energy sources that received direct subsidies. All this was done in just the first ten days in office.
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“In April 2021, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland revoked policies in Secretarial Order 3398 set by the Trump administration, thereby rejecting “American energy independence” as a goal, rejecting an “America-first offshore energy strategy,” and doing away with setting up an “executive committee for expedited permitting.”
“These actions set the stage for the unprecedented slowdown in energy activity by the Interior Department, steward of 2.46 billion acres of federal mineral estate and all its energy and mineral resources,” IER said.”
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“In February 2021, Biden made America officially rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement, which IER points out is “detrimental to Americans while propping up oil production in Russia and OPEC and increasing the dependence of Europe on Russian oil and natural gas.” It also benefits China, which “dominates the supply chain for critical minerals that are needed for wind turbines, solar panels, and electric vehicle batteries.””
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“On June 14, 2022, the regular unleaded gas price rose to $5.106 per gallon, which is the highest recorded average price, according to data from AAA.”
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“Under the current administration, energy prices have surged. When Biden became president in January 2021, gas prices were around $2.478 per gallon, which has now jumped to $3.645 as of May 22, an increase of over 47 percent.”