Timothy Birdnow

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Biden Throttled New U.S. Oil Production As Gas Prices Soared. These Numbers Prove It.

"Under President Biden the federal government has issued 97% fewer new leasesfor oil and gas drilling on federal property than under President Trump as measured by land area, the smallest amount of any administration since the end of the Second World War, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

The near shutdown of leases partially fulfilled the campaign promiseBiden made in March 2020, when he vowed: "No more drilling on federal lands, no more drilling including offshore — no ability for the oil industry to continue to drill — period.”

• White House lawyers defended the "pause”in leases in a lengthy legal battle that has continued through the spring and summer of 2022, when gas prices were at their peak.
• In April 2020, the White House responded to mounting public pressure over sky-high gas prices by opening up a small area of federal land to bids.
• The administration later agreed to open more land and ocean territory to energy exploration as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, but experts have warned these leases may be limited to areas that aren’t appealing to drillers."

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