{"id":166124,"date":"2021-02-23T22:15:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T03:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=166124"},"modified":"2021-02-23T22:29:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T03:29:03","slug":"biden-admin-under-fire-for-energy-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-under-fire-for-energy-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden admin. under fire for energy policies"},"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\">14<\/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-admin-under-fire-for-energy-policies%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=166124&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 id=\"attachment_2377886\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2377886\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2377886\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21055068771748-655x437.jpg\" alt=\"FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2021, file photo, Joe Biden signs an executive order, in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington. Biden is signing an executive order Wednesday to review the United States\u2019 supply chains for large capacity batteries, pharmaceuticals, critical minerals and semiconductors. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci, File)\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2377886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 In this Feb. 2, 2021, file photo, Joe Biden signed an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.\u00a0 (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 7:15 PM PT \u2013 Tuesday, February 23, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The Biden administration\u2019s approach to domestic and international energy has been facing heavy scrutiny. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sullivan.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/sullivan-blasts-biden-orders-targeting-blue-collar-jobs-and-energy-sector\">Speaking on the Senate floor Monday<\/a>, Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) characterized the policies as an assault on middle class Americans.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2377887\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2377887\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2377887\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1212111689-655x437.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 7: Senator Dan Sullivan, a Republican from Alaska, speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for Kenneth Braithwaite, U.S. President Donald Trumps nominee for navy secretary, May 7, 2020 in Washington, DC. Committee members may ask Braithwaite whether achieving the administration's goal of a 355-ship fleet over the next decade, up from 299 today, is realistic in light of cost constraints. (Photo by Al Drago-Pool\/Getty Images)\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2377887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 MAY 7: Sen. Dan Sullivan spoke during a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for Kenneth Braithwaite, May 7, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Al Drago-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe first few days of the new Biden administration have seen an unprecedented assault on resource development and energy jobs,\u201d Sullivan stated. \u201cAn attack on the men and women, working men and women with good wages who produce really important resources for this great nation, and now for other countries because we export a lot of these resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is a stark contrast to President Trump\u2019s \u201cAmerica First\u201d energy policy, which prioritized domestic production. During Joe Biden\u2019s first day in office, he shut down the U.S.-Canada Keystone pipeline, killing nearly 11,000 jobs over so-called \u201cenvironmental justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan went on to refute claims that America\u2019s oil and gas production is hurting the planet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is great for the environment. Why do I say that? Some people tilt their heads. It is great for the environment because in America, certainly, in my state, Alaska, we have the highest standards on the environment of any place in the world by far. It is not even close,\u201d Sullivan stated. \u201cIf you need energy, which you do, you should do it, produce it in the place that respects the environment the most, not Russia, not Saudi Arabia, America, Alaska.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Biden\u2019s energy policies overseas are being criticized for being lukewarm. This came as the White House weighs whether to keep Trump-era sanctions against Russia\u2019s Nord Stream 2, a gas pipeline that runs under the Baltic Sea to Germany.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2377888\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2377888\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2377888\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1017648876-660x437.jpg\" alt=\"LUBMIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 16: In this aerial view the Castoro 10 pipelay vessel lays concrete-coated pipe for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline onto the seabed of the Baltic Sea on August 16, 2018 near Lubmin, Germany. The Nord Stream 2 pipeline will transport Russian natural gas from Narva Bay in Russia to Greifswald in Germany, creating an additional, direct natural gas route between Russia and western Europe. Both Poland and Ukraine have voiced their opposition to the Nord Stream project. (Photo by Sean Gallup\/Getty Images)\" width=\"660\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2377888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LUBMIN, GERMANY \u2013 AUGUST 16: In this aerial view, the Castoro 10 pipelay vessel laid concrete coated pipe for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline onto the seabed of the Baltic Sea on August 16, 2018 near Lubmin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to reports, the Biden administration has not yet made a decision over concerns that maintaining sanctions would hurt U.S. ties with Germany. Many worry the project, once completed, would increase Russia\u2019s leverage over Europe.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Monday, an aid to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Axios they\u2019re \u201cdisappointed\u201d with the Biden administration for not stopping the project.<\/p>\n<p>The pipeline would bypass Ukraine and deprive the country of lucrative transit fees.<\/p>\n<p>Construction of the Nord Stream 2 was halted as a result of President Trump\u2019s tough sanctions. However, Biden\u2019s indecision has prompted Russia to resume the project, which is now over 90 percent complete.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/becerra-i-hope-to-find-common-ground-on-late-term-abortions\/\">Becerra: I Hope To Find Common Ground On Late-Term Abortions<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274089,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21055068771748-655x437.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden admin. under fire for energy policies","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21055068771748-655x437.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden admin. under fire for energy policies","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}