{"id":1509452,"date":"2022-06-09T13:19:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T17:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1509452"},"modified":"2022-06-09T13:19:56","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T17:19:56","slug":"biden-white-house-shrugs-as-its-energy-policies-drive-gas-prices-to-record-high-4-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-white-house-shrugs-as-its-energy-policies-drive-gas-prices-to-record-high-4-97\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden White House Shrugs As Its Energy Policies Drive Gas Prices To Record-High $4.97"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-white-house-shrugs-as-its-energy-policies-drive-gas-prices-to-record-high-4-97%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1509452&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/14503110171_12fca3bb27_k-e1654791873289.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The nationwide average for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline reached $4.97 on Thursday in a new record, <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\">according<\/a> to the AAA travel agency tracker. The cost of diesel, critical for industrial equipment and farming machinery, hit $5.74 in another new record. The rising prices mark a post-Memorial Day surge, with new highs each day throughout the month of June.<\/p>\n<p>On CNN on Tuesday, President Joe Biden\u2019s Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said there was nothing the administration could do to bring down the soaring prices. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reality is that there isn\u2019t much more to be done,\u201d Raimondo said after the administration canceled more oil and gas projects from Alaska to the Gulf of Mexico. <\/p>\n<p>In an attempt to artificially suppress prices at the pump, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/04\/01\/joe-biden-is-doing-everything-possible-to-avoid-unleashing-american-energy-production\/\">ordered<\/a> the \u201cunprecedented\u201d release of 1 million barrels of oil from the nation\u2019s emergency petroleum reserves for 180 days. The bulk of the release began on May 15, meaning the expiration of the release will fall perfectly after the November midterms as American voters simultaneously cope with sticker shock at the gas station and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/pdf\/cpi.pdf\">inflation<\/a> that\u2019s rising at its fastest pace in four decades. <\/p>\n<p>The release, however, has done nothing to quell gas prices in a nation that uses 20 million barrels of oil per day, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/tools\/faqs\/faq.php?id=33&#038;t=6\">according<\/a> to the Energy Information Administration. Gas prices are up nearly $2 from one year ago, but they were already on the rise after Biden\u2019s immediate assault on the oil and gas industry. <\/p>\n<p>In April, the Biden administration announced it would resume oil and gas leases on federal lands in compliance with a federal court order overturning the suspension Biden signed on his first day in office. The White House has made clear, however, that it desires to drag its feet on new land sales for drilling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not in line with the president\u2019s policy, which is to ban federal leasing,\u201d then-White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said shortly after the announcement. \u201cWe don\u2019t feel they are needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Department of the Interior unveiled a cascade of new taxes and regulations with the resumption of federal land leases, including an 80 percent reduction in acreage available for exploration from what was originally nominated. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nationwide average for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline reached $4.97 on Thursday in a new record, according to the AAA travel agency tracker. 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