{"id":330813,"date":"2024-06-01T16:12:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T14:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=330813"},"modified":"2024-06-01T16:12:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T14:12:58","slug":"dems-who-back-bidens-crackdown-on-fossil-fuels-suddenly-worried-about-high-gas-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=330813","title":{"rendered":"Dems Who Back Biden\u2019s Crackdown On Fossil Fuels Suddenly Worried About High Gas Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"723\" data-attachment-id=\"330819\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=330819\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-27.png?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-27.png?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-27.png?resize=550%2C550&amp;ssl=1 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/05\/30\/senate-democrats-gas-prices-green-agenda-price-gouging\/\">The Daily Caller<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"528\" height=\"50\" data-attachment-id=\"330814\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=330814\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-26.png?fit=528%2C50&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"528,50\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-26.png?resize=300%2C28&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/author\/Nick+Pope\">NICK POPE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CONTRIBUTOR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Numerous Democrats who have helped the Biden administration restrict fossil fuel development and production are now concerned about high gas prices as the 2024 elections loom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A group of 23 Senate Democrats \u2014 including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Massachusetts Sen. Liz Warren and Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey \u2014 signed a Thursday&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/f\/?id=0000018f-c75c-dd78-a59f-c7fcaa360000&amp;nname=playbook&amp;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&amp;nrid=a2fb2fdb-60ef-4484-87e1-5a659608dd77&amp;nlid=630318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a>&nbsp;to Attorney General Merrick Garland asking him to have the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate major energy companies for allegedly colluding to raise gas prices for Americans and fatten their bottom lines. The suggestion that oil companies are illegally collaborating to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/09\/28\/biden-threatens-investigate-oil-companies-raise-gas-prices-hurricane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rip off<\/a>&nbsp;American consumers is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/17\/joe-biden-federal-trade-commission-gasoline-prices-big-oil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">not<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/18\/democrats-big-oil-hearings-gas-prices-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new<\/a>&nbsp;to Democrats, who have revived the narrative as prices at the pump tick up ahead of the 2024 elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe federal government must use every tool to prevent and prosecute collusion and price fixing that may have increased gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil, and jet fuel costs in a way that has materially harmed virtually every American household and business,\u201d the letter states. \u201cWe therefore urge the Department of Justice to investigate the oil industry, to hold accountable any liable actors, and to end any illegal activities.\u201d&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/18\/democrats-big-oil-hearings-gas-prices-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(RELATED: Democrats Up Pressure On Big Oil To Answer For Alleged Profiteering As Americans Blame Biden For Gas Prices)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-scribd wp-block-embed-scribd wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Big Oil - DOJ Letter\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/737695311\/content\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.7729220222793488\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"737695311\" width=\"723\" height=\"1000\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">          (function() { var scribd = document.createElement(\"script\"); scribd.type = \"text\/javascript\"; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = \"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/javascripts\/embed_code\/inject.js\"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })()        <\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/737695311\/Big-Oil-DOJ-Letter#from_embed\">Big Oil \u2013 DOJ Letter<\/a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/679679430\/Nick-Pope#from_embed\">Nick Pope<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The letter references ExxonMobil\u2019s recent&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/10\/11\/americas-largest-oil-company-just-inked-major-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">acquisition<\/a>&nbsp;of Pioneer Natural Resources and amplifies the Federal Trade Commission\u2019s (FTC) allegation that Chris Sheffield, the founder and ex-CEO of Pioneer, tried to organize collusion between American and OPEC energy producers to artificially inflate profits. Sheffield, however, has strongly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/worldoil.com\/news\/2024\/5\/28\/pioneer-s-scott-sheffield-fires-back-at-ftc-allegations-following-60-billion-exxonmobil-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contested<\/a>&nbsp;this allegation, saying that the \u201cFTC is wrong to imply that [he] ever engaged in, promoted or even suggested any form of anti-competitive behavior\u201d in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond Warren, Schumer and Casey, other signatories include Democratic Sens. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Each Senator who signed the letter also voted for the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Biden\u2019s flagship climate bill, and have also supported many other facets of the Biden administration\u2019s efforts to move the U.S. away from fossil fuels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Warren\u2019s voting record has earned her a 95% lifetime approval&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/scorecard.lcv.org\/moc\/elizabeth-warren\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">score<\/a>&nbsp;from the League of Conservation Voters (LCV), one of the country\u2019s largest influential environmental groups that openly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lcv.org\/programs\/clean-energy-for-all\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rejects<\/a>&nbsp;fossil fuels, and a 100% score for 2023. Last year, Warren voted against an attempt to rein in the government\u2019s push to regulate a wide array of consumer appliances, a bill promoting the Mountain Valley Pipeline and to protect a Labor Department rule pushing asset managers to incorporate climate risks in their investment decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scorecard.lcv.org\/moc\/bob-casey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Casey<\/a>&nbsp;voted in favor of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, but joined Warren on the other two votes. He also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/scorecard.lcv.org\/roll-call-vote\/2022-291-mandatory-oil-and-gas-leasing-public-lands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voted<\/a>&nbsp;against a 2022 effort to increase the number of government-issued oil lease sales and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/scorecard.lcv.org\/roll-call-vote\/2021-320-eliminating-safeguards-fossil-fuel-production\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">opposed<\/a>&nbsp;another 2022 move that would have prevented federal permitting or regulatory actions from hindering fossil fuel development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scorecard.lcv.org\/moc\/chuck-schumer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Schumer<\/a>&nbsp;also voted to support the Mountain Valley Pipeline in 2023, but he has voted in line with what LCV advised in every other instance since Biden took office in 2021, with one exception. He has opposed four legislatives proposals that would have made it easier or less expensive to produce oil and gas throughout Biden\u2019s first term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scorecard.lcv.org\/moc\/chris-s-murphy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Murphy<\/a>&nbsp;voted against the Mountain Valley Pipeline, and also opposed legislation that would have increased offshore and onshore oil and gas development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scorecard.lcv.org\/moc\/sheldon-whitehouse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Whitehouse<\/a>&nbsp;voted against the Mountain Valley Pipeline, as well as numerous legislative efforts to enhance oil and gas leasing activity.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/scorecard.lcv.org\/moc\/ed-markey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Markey<\/a>, meanwhile, has consistently voted against legislation intended to make it easier to produce oil and gas for his entire career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scorecard.lcv.org\/moc\/sherrod-c-brown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brown<\/a>&nbsp;voted to support the Mountain Valley Pipeline, but he has opposed four initiatives meant to boost oil drilling through Biden\u2019s first term.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/scorecard.lcv.org\/moc\/bernie-sanders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sanders<\/a>, one of the most left-wing lawmakers in Washington, also voted against the four same legislative efforts and has consistently opposed bills designed to make drilling easier throughout his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gas prices are increasing as the pivotal 2024 elections approach on the calendar. In January, the national average per-gallon price of all formulations of gasoline was approximately $3.08, a figure that has increased to $3.60 as of May,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/dnav\/pet\/hist\/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&amp;s=emm_epmr_pte_nus_dpg&amp;f=m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a>&nbsp;to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The administration is moving to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/05\/21\/biden-oil-reserve-gas-prices-2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">release<\/a>&nbsp;about one million barrels of gasoline from the Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve to try to bring down prices this summer. The administration also released 180 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) ahead of the 2022 midterms, selling&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/03\/04\/congress-ban-biden-spr-oil-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">several million<\/a>&nbsp;barrels to Chinese companies and leaving the SPR at its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/dnav\/pet\/hist\/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&amp;s=WCSSTUS1&amp;f=W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lowest levels<\/a>&nbsp;in decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Numerous&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/energy\/commentary\/biden-latest-attack-american-energy-costing-your-family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">economists<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoover.org\/research\/what-caused-gas-prices-jump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">and<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearenergy.org\/articles\/2024\/04\/19\/bidens_energy_policies_harm_us_producers_while_helping_americas_rivals_1026304.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">analysts<\/a>, and even the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/21\/chevron-ceo-responds-joe-biden-letter-energy-company-criticism-oil-cost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CEO of Chevron<\/a>,&nbsp;have credited the price increases in part to the Biden administration\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/articles\/white-house-puts-1-trillion-price-tag-on-climate-efforts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$1 trillion-plus<\/a>&nbsp;climate agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The administration has made many decisions that restrict domestic&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/04\/19\/biden-admin-alaska-oil-restrictions-mining-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">oil and gas<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/12\/15\/biden-administration-finalizes-offshore-oil-gas-leasing-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">production<\/a>, pushed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/04\/25\/biden-epa-power-plant-rules-grid-reliability-experts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aggressive<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/03\/20\/biden-epa-tailpipe-standards-electric-vehicles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">environmental<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/04\/12\/biden-admin-costs-oil-gas-drilling-leasing-public-lands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">regulations<\/a>&nbsp;impacting energy producers and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldmansachs.com\/intelligence\/pages\/the-us-is-poised-for-an-energy-revolution.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">established<\/a>&nbsp;massive subsidy programs to favor sources of green energy like wind and solar. These choices have the combined effect of driving up prices that consumers pay at the pump and elsewhere over time,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanenergyalliance.org\/2024\/04\/rising-electricity-prices-creating-electoral-headache-for-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a>&nbsp;to the American Energy Alliance, a right-leaning energy advocacy group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In January 2020, just before the onset of the pandemic, Americans paid an average of $2.55 per gallon for all types of gas,&nbsp;according to the EIA. Those figures have grown considerably since November 2020, the month that President Joe Biden won the presidential election; the average price sat at $3.61 per gallon in April 2024 after peaking at $4.92 in June 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/10\/04\/biden-does-damage-control-rising-gas-prices-threaten-democrats-midterm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pushed<\/a>&nbsp;similar messaging about major energy companies and collusion in 2022, when gas prices were causing political headaches for Biden and fellow Democrats ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. However, analysts from the Dallas branch of the Federal Reserve&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/12\/democrats-inflation-big-oil-price-gouging\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">argued<\/a>&nbsp;at the time that corporate collusion was not one of the factors driving up retail gasoline costs, pointing out that energy producers actually have almost zero control over the prices set by gas station operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The offices of Schumer, Warren, Casey, Brown, Murphy, Durbin, Whitehouse and Sanders did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation. 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