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Joe Biden just did the rarest thing in US politics: he stood up to the oil industry; The Biden administration suspended new permits for natural gas terminals. Can we see more of this kind of backbone? (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] ira@lemmy.ml 51 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

A great start! We're going to need to see way more of this to reverse the massive increase of natural gas production since Feb 2021 (2.6 trillion cubic ft / month then vs 3.5 trillion now, a 34% increase in less than 3 years and an all-time high for the US)

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[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago

Yes, but a lot of it goes to the EU and they lost Russias supply. Similar story with oil. There are massive OPEC+ cuts and the US fills the void.

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[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Get over yourself, we'll have global war followed by a thousand years of anarchy before this fucking travesty is over.