Will an energy crunch force Biden administration to change its ‘pro-green policies’, which have curtailed supplies?
Charles Lipson: Biden’s looming energy crunch The Spectator World, 16 February 2022 The political question for Joe Biden is simple and painful: will an energy crunch force the administration to change its pro-green policies, which have curtailed supplies? Oil and gas prices have soared since Joe Biden took office and skyrocketed further as Russian […]
Biden withdrew support from the EastMed pipeline, which would have supplied Europe natural gas from Israel
https://climaterealism.com/2022/02/days-ukraine-before-war-went-hot-john-kerry-bemoaned-it-as-a-distraction-from-climate-action/ By Linnea Lueken Excerpt: Immediately upon taking office, Biden made it his goal—along with his appointed Climate Czar John Kerry—to dramatically reduce emissions economywide. One of the notable actions taken was shutting down the Keystone XL pipeline, an action almost guaranteed to increase emissions, all while harming U.S. and Canada’s energy industries. Next came […]
Even as Russian tanks roll toward Kyiv, the US is still buying a lot of Russian oil
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2022/02/25/even-as-russian-tanks-roll-toward-kiev-the-us-is-still-buying-a-lot-of-russian-oil-n451261 By JOHN SEXTON Ed wrote about this yesterday but I was really struck by it last night when Sec. of State Blinken appeared on the evening news and answered a question about the US continuing to buy oil from Russia. Listen to Blinken’s answer: I guess it hadn’t fully registered with me before hearing […]