US fossil fuel industry leaps on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to argue for more drilling

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Petroleum lobby calls for looser regulation and drilling on public lands to ‘ensure energy security’

The US oil and gas industry is using Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to pressure the

Just hours before Russian troops began their unprovoked assault on Ukraine, the American Petroleum Institute postedcalling for the White House to “ensure energy security at home and abroad” by allowing more oil and gas drilling on public lands, extend drilling in US waters and slash regulations faced by fossil fuel firms.

Some leading Republicans have joined the calls. “No administration should defend a Russian pipeline instead of refilling ours,” Senator Lisa Murkowski, an Alaska Republican, told her state’s legislature this week. “Every day, I remind the Biden administration of the immense benefits of Alaska production, energy and minerals alike, and every day I remind them that refusing to permit those activities can have harmful consequences.

 

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You Wouldnt even know there was a Pandemic Today

Seems like a greater reason for renewables

So we are dying of lung cancer & start growing more tobacco!!!!

Should be investing more into renewable energy and electric vehicles.

Why not argue for more renewables - that actually makes sense!!!!

How convenient.

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