Also from the GIngrich piece"
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Biden’s commitment to destroy the oil, gas, and coal industries was
clear during the campaign.
When CNN’s Dana Bash asked during a July 2019 primary debate if his
administration would deal with the fossil fuel industry, Biden simply
said, “no” and said he would “make sure it’s eliminated.”
Two months later, he promised a young supporter he would “end fossil fuels.”
Biden’s actions as president have reflected that commitment.
Luke Schroeder at the Republican National Committee pulled together some
of the key steps President Biden has taken to destroy the oil and gas
industry:
“On his first day in office, Biden ‘issued a memo suspending the
authority of the local Bureau of Land Management offices to approve
leases, drilling permits, and mining operations.’
“Biden also reinstated harmful Obama-era energy regulations and
began the process of rolling back Trump-era regulations.
“Biden started fulfilling his promise to ‘sacrifice’ hundreds of
thousands of blue-collar jobs in pursuit of a ‘greener economy’ by
canceling the Keystone XL pipeline. This move alone killed 11,000 jobs.
“Biden signed an executive order to ‘eliminate fossil fuel subsidies.’
“The Biden administration has repeatedly suspended or halted oil
and gas leases on federal lands, cutting off more potential U.S. oil and
gas production.
“In November, the Biden administration proposed multiple policies
that targeted American-made energy, including increasing royalty rates
on domestic oil production, limiting areas available for development,
and issuing new regulations for methane emissions which is expected to
cost U.S. producers over $1 billion a year.
“The Biden administration proposed standards ‘to regulate
conventional trucks out of existence,’ and declined ‘to appeal a federal
court decision vacating the only lease sale held on federal lands or
waters.’”
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