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Why no president has slowed the U.S. oil boom [View all]
Why no president has slowed the U.S. oil boom
Under President Joe Biden, who campaigned on a pledge of “no more drilling,” America is pumping more oil than any country ever has
Some pumpjacks operate while others stand idle in the Belridge oil field near McKittrick, Calif., in November 2021. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
.By Maxine Joselow
August 16, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EDT
As he campaigned for president in 2020, Joe Biden made a bold promise at a New Hampshire town hall, adding repetition for emphasis: “No more drilling on federal lands. Period. Period. Period. Period.” ... Four years later, it appears that Biden may have overpromised.
The Biden administration has now outpaced the Trump administration in approving permits for drilling on public lands, and the United States is producing more oil than any country ever has. The unplanned fossil fuel boom reflects an uncomfortable truth for Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris: It is difficult for any president to stop the spigot of U.S. oil production, a leading driver of both the economy and climate change.
“If you were to show someone who came from Mars the line of U.S. oil and gas production over the last 15 years, they probably would not be able to tell whether a Republican or Democrat was in the White House,” said Jason Bordoff, founding director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University.
Oil drilling continues to be a core issue in Donald Trump’s quest to retake the White House. Trump and his supporters argue that Biden and Harris have waged “a war on energy.” The former president has pledged to “drill, baby, drill” and to restore America’s “energy dominance.” ... The reality is the United States is already dominant. The country is expected to produce 13.2 million barrels of oil per day on average this year — millions of barrels more than Saudi Arabia or Russia.
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By Maxine Joselow
Maxine Joselow is a staff writer who covers climate change and the environment. Twitter
Under President Joe Biden, who campaigned on a pledge of “no more drilling,” America is pumping more oil than any country ever has
Some pumpjacks operate while others stand idle in the Belridge oil field near McKittrick, Calif., in November 2021. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
.By Maxine Joselow
August 16, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EDT
As he campaigned for president in 2020, Joe Biden made a bold promise at a New Hampshire town hall, adding repetition for emphasis: “No more drilling on federal lands. Period. Period. Period. Period.” ... Four years later, it appears that Biden may have overpromised.
The Biden administration has now outpaced the Trump administration in approving permits for drilling on public lands, and the United States is producing more oil than any country ever has. The unplanned fossil fuel boom reflects an uncomfortable truth for Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris: It is difficult for any president to stop the spigot of U.S. oil production, a leading driver of both the economy and climate change.
“If you were to show someone who came from Mars the line of U.S. oil and gas production over the last 15 years, they probably would not be able to tell whether a Republican or Democrat was in the White House,” said Jason Bordoff, founding director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University.
Oil drilling continues to be a core issue in Donald Trump’s quest to retake the White House. Trump and his supporters argue that Biden and Harris have waged “a war on energy.” The former president has pledged to “drill, baby, drill” and to restore America’s “energy dominance.” ... The reality is the United States is already dominant. The country is expected to produce 13.2 million barrels of oil per day on average this year — millions of barrels more than Saudi Arabia or Russia.
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By Maxine Joselow
Maxine Joselow is a staff writer who covers climate change and the environment. Twitter
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