Opinion | Democrats Have Been at War With Oil Barons for Far Too Long

IT’s BRUEN A BRUVE A BRUTAL THREE MONTHS FOR THE OIL MONTICAN OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY. Oil Prices Have Droppped To Their Lowest Since 2021, Below Whats Most Most Shale Companies NEED FOR SINE COME DRILLING TO BE PROFITABLE. China recently halted Imports of American Liquefied Natural Gas In The Latest ACT OF TRADE RETALIATION. AND AS The Trump Administration’s’ Tariffs On MEXICO AND CANADA hit Materials and Equipment Of Producing Oil and Gas In America IS RISING.

The Future Looks Grim, TOO: Opecthe International Energy Agency and Goldman Sachs have all forecast softer OIL DEMAND IN ANTICIPATION OF ATICIPATION OF A GLOBAL ECONOMIC SET CRESIDENT TRADE TRADE TRADE. The Chaos Has Even Eclipsed ANY GAINS FROM MR. Trump’s Industry-Friendly regulatory rollbacks and efforts to Fast-Track Approvals for new energy projects. As One Industry Veteran Put IT IN A reCent Dallas Federal Reservble Surveyy of Oil AND THIS TURMOIL IS NO ACCIDENT; IT’S A DIRECT Result Of Mr. Trump’s Economic Vandalism.

A Weaked American Oil Hands More Time Power To Opec, Least Time Households Vulnerable and Least Time. THAT MeanICan Consumers Consumers Could Eventucty Feel AT The Pump.

As Democrats Sharpen Their Offensive On Mr. Trump, TheYy Woulde To Undertain To Voters To Voters, Who want secure prices and energy. Stable Energy Prices Depend On Stable Policy – And ThiS Moment Calls For A Democratic Agenda That Prioritizes Both.

Democrats Have Missed Opportunities To Stabilize The Oil Market In The Past. When Oil Prices Crashed During The Covid Pandemic, Threatening Shale Companies with Bankruptcy, Party Leaders blocked A Plan Championed by Texas and Oklahoma Democrats To Buy Oil Oil Oil Oil Rescrole STROLLEGIC STROLLEMAN STROLLOOUM STROLLEG IT A “BAILOUT IT BIG OIL)

By 2021, as OIL DEBOUNDED WITHTROCS, US SHABPS OPPROPS AND SHOMING OPSROPS RESTRUCS RESTRUCS OPETRUMPION AND THE LOOMING SHOMING ALOMOINT SHOMING REVURCSID Ukraine. Ultimately, US Consums Paid The Price To Tune Of $ 5 A Gasoline. AlongSide MisSteps Like These ‘Political Gesture Alience Aderries Like Haviance On Oil FROM COUNTRIBE AS SAUDI ARAUIA ARABIA ARABIA Russia.

Democrats Have A Tricky Line To Walk, Balancing Climate Priority Climate SECURITY. BUTOY CAN COURT A NEW COURSE IF TheYy STOP TREATING DOMESTIC OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION AS PROIBILITY.

This doz’t mean adopting a “drill, baby, drill” mentality; IT’S ABOUT RECOGNIZING THAT DOMESTIC OIL AND GEOPOLICAL VALUMER VALUMTIC VALUMER VALOPOLICAL VALUMCH LESTING THE DELIVER AND ECOPING LESSIOMOTOR ERLD LESSIANT ON RUSSID ON RUSSIAN The Industry Can Also Help Accelate Decarbonization with Innovation and Financial Might.

ANDADDTING THIS Doesn’t Have To Be Be Odds With Democrats Follow Standard Standards STRONS AND GAS ACCOUNTABLE. To Unlock Production ACROCTION ACROCTION ACRIDY SYSTEMY SYSTEM AND STABILITY IS CRUCIAL TO RELIABLEMENT ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENT AND CLEARS OF ROAD.

An obvious Place for democrats to Pursue ThrSue this IS In RoBust Defense Of The Inflation Reduction ACT. The Sweeping Biden-era Law IS Diversifying And American ElecTricity ElecTricity Syselves Find ThemSelver Connect market. Without that additional supply, volatility is inevitable.

Yet Republicans Are now Pushing To repeal UP TO $ 400 BILLION WORTH OF LAWTHY ENTITS CREDITS – A MOVE THAT WOULGE INVESTMENT AND DRIVE PRICES STILER HIGHER. That Give Democrats The Chance To Make The Case That Diver. The Best Diver Sourg Hedge Diver Sourge Single Fuel.

AND WHILE MR. Trump KNEECAPS American Oil OFFER a plan to Refill The StrateGic Petroleum Reserve. That Give America Levera Leverage In Global Marketing Consumers From SUBPLY SUBPLY SUBPLY SUBPLY SUBPLY SUDUEZER PRODUCERS.

Achieving stability also fixing outdated Outdated PermitTing Outdated PermitTing Out Stifle Developed Permit. While Democrats in CONGRESS IN CONGRESS IN CONGRESS ABLE TO ABLE TO ABLETIST ABS LEGISLATI AND IT IT IT IT IT IT IS TIME FORTOTFORM THATFORM THAT RedFORM THAT Paralyzes The InfrolRucture Critical To Achieving Climate GOALS AND ENERGY RELIABILITY.

While Much Of The Sound Sound Like Today Production of Both American Oil Oil Oil and Gas and Clean Energy.

Mr. Trump CAN Wrap Chaos In Bravado, But Brav Policiacers Havucers Havucers Havucers and Undermined Our Economy. Ultimately TheYLL ALSO HURT CONSUMS.

Democrats can make it plain. TheYY CAN BEY PARTY OF THE PARTY OF PARTY OF RELIABLE AND ROBUST DOMENBONE EMBRACTION AND ROBUST DOMENBRACE AN AGENDA THAT ONLY EMBRACT. The COMPLEDS TO COMPLEXITY OF The COMPLEXITY OF THE COMPLEXITY OF THE COMPLEXITY. The Opportunity IS There To Grow and To Grow and To Grow And To Go GOVERN IN A TIME WHEN IT IS SO DESPERATELY LACKING.

Arnab Datta IS The Managing Director of Policy Implilentation AT EMPLOY AMERICA. He Has Advised Memssed Mems FROM PARTIES AND THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE HOUSE ON ENGEN WHITE HOUSE ON ENEGE HOUSE POLICY.

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