Posted on 06/15/2022 4:31:13 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
The White House is scrambling to help solve a massive surge in gas prices that increasingly is seen as a weight that could leave Democrats suffering a rout in this fall’s midterm elections.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is expected to convene an emergency meeting in the coming days. Meanwhile on Wednesday, President Biden’s economics team gathered alongside outside advisers to discuss various options. More meetings are expected again on Thursday.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
It’s scrambled, alright. With cheese.
First they must take care of the LGBTQ
If it’ll seal their fate in November, let ‘em go even higher.
He scrambled to force someone else to fix his problem “or else”. Disgustingly, that move made him worse than Carter and, boy, that’s saying something!
Wait didn’t Kerry say we don’t need Oil anymore because his forcing everyone to buy EVs
President Retard thinks we’re living in the 1980’s and everything is fine and dandy 🤪
They all should resign. That’s the only way things will get better.
That's how they respond to an emergency. We'll meet on it in a few days...
Yeah. Kinda like calling in an artillery strike on your position cause you’re overrun by the enemy.
Lol. They can’t fix anything.
They solved it real good. It surged just fine.
A diplomatic solution to Ukraine would be helpful.
Restarting Keystone would help too.
“..expected to convene an emergency meeting in the coming days
That’s how they respond to an emergency. We’ll meet on it in a few days...
Back to the Obama years. A meeting with breakout sessions. That will solve the problem.
Why can’t Biden and Pelosi and Kamala come and wash windshields?
It’s not like they’re doing anything.
They could use Schiff as a dipstick to check the oil.
Not exactly a complex problem when you’re just stepping on your own dick.
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The American Petroleum Institute lays out ten steps that President Biden can take to ease the bottlenecks and lower gas prices for the ‘average joe’...
1. Lift Development Restrictions on Federal Lands and Waters
The Department of the Interior (DOI) should swiftly issue a 5-year program for the Outer Continental Shelf and hold mandated quarterly onshore lease sales with equitable terms. DOI should reinstate canceled sales and valid leases on federal lands and waters.
2. Designate Critical Energy Infrastructure Projects
Congress should authorize critical energy infrastructure projects to support the production, processing, and delivery of energy. These projects would be of such concern to the national interest that they would be entitled to undergo a streamlined review and permitting process not to exceed one year.
3. Fix the NEPA Permitting Process
Your administration should revise the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process by establishing agency uniformity in reviews, limiting reviews to two years, and reducing bureaucratic burdens placed on project proponents in terms of size and scope of application submissions.
4. Accelerate LNG Exports and Approve Pending LNG Applications
Congress should amend the Natural Gas Act to streamline the Department of Energy (DOE) to a single approval process for all U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects. DOE should approve pending LNG applications to enable the U.S. to deliver reliable energy to our allies abroad.
5. Unlock Investment and Access to Capital
The Securities and Exchange Commission should reconsider its overly burdensome and ineffective climate disclosure proposal and your administration should ensure open capital markets where access is based upon individual company merit free from artificial constraints based on government-preferred investment allocations.
6. Dismantle Supply Chain Bottlenecks
You should rescind steel tariffs that remain on imports from U.S. allies as steel is a critical component of energy production, transportation, and refining. Your administration should accelerate efforts to relieve port congestion so that equipment necessary for energy development can be delivered and installed.
7. Advance Lower Carbon Energy Tax Provisions
Congress should expand and extend Section 45Q tax credits for carbon capture, utilization, and storage development and create a new tax credit for hydrogen produced from all sources.
8. Protect Competition in the Use of Refining Technologies
Your administration should ensure that future federal agency rulemakings continue to allow U.S. refineries to use the existing critical process technologies to produce the fuels needed for global energy markets.
9. End Permitting Obstruction on Natural Gas Projects
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should cease efforts to overstep its permitting authority under the Natural Gas Act and should adhere to traditional considerations of public needs as well as focus on direct impacts arising from the construction and operation of natural gas projects.
10. Advance the Energy Workforce of the Future
Congress and your administration should support the training and education of a diverse workforce through increased funding of work-based learning and advancement of STEM programs to nurture the skills necessary to construct and operate oil, natural gas, and other energy infrastructure.
The question is - will the Biden administration do any of them?
PDF of the full letter:
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