{"id":856066,"date":"2021-10-07T10:28:29","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T14:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=856066"},"modified":"2021-10-07T10:28:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T14:28:32","slug":"white-house-downplays-rising-energy-prices-says-climate-crisis-is-more-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-downplays-rising-energy-prices-says-climate-crisis-is-more-important\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Downplays Rising Energy Prices, Says \u2018Climate Crisis\u2019 Is More Important"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fwhite-house-downplays-rising-energy-prices-says-climate-crisis-is-more-important%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=856066&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><\/div>\n<p>The White House downplayed surging energy prices in the U.S. and worldwide on Wednesday, arguing that the climate crisis was more important.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCertainly, we all want to keep gasoline prices low, but the threat of the crisis \u2014 the climate crisis \u2014 certainly can\u2019t wait any longer,\u201d White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2021\/10\/06\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-october-6-2021\/#:~:text=certainly%2C%20we%20all%20want%20to%20keep%20gasoline%20prices%20low\">told<\/a> reporters Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>She added that President Joe Biden believes climate change presents \u201cone of the greatest national security crises\u201d facing the U.S., suggesting that higher prices were a necessary consequence of the fight against global warming. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/27\/united-kingdom-gasoline-shortage-military-government\/\">(RELATED: UK May Use Military To Ease Gas Shortage As Pumps Run Dry)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Both the U.S. and international benchmarks for crude oil briefly <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/04\/oil-prices-organization-of-the-petroleum-exporting-countries-russia-white-house\/\">touched<\/a> multi-year highs this week and remain elevated after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its Russian counterpart opted not to increase production. Natural gas prices also <a href=\"https:\/\/markets.businessinsider.com\/commodities\/natural-gas-price\">surged<\/a> to their highest level in more than a decade while volatility&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/energy\/us-natgas-volatility-jumps-record-prices-soar-worldwide-2021-10-06\/\">hit<\/a> an all-time high.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.7477477477477\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PressSec<\/a>: \u201cCertainly we all want to keep gasoline prices low, but the threat of the climate crisis certainly can\u2019t wait any longer.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BebK6KfDQ4\">pic.twitter.com\/BebK6KfDQ4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 X Strategies LLC (@XStrategiesLLC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XStrategiesLLC\/status\/1445854126638780421?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 6, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Oil and natural gas both account for the vast majority of U.S. energy produced, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/energyexplained\/us-energy-facts\/\">according<\/a> to the Energy Information Administration.<\/p>\n<p>But some experts have blamed the rapid shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy investment for the increasing prices and borderline global energy crisis, The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/04\/business\/energy-environment\/oil-and-gas-prices-clean-energy.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe energy transition is not being handled properly,\u201d OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo said at a conference Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-10-06\/opec-says-gas-crisis-shows-energy-transition-is-being-botched\">according<\/a> to Bloomberg. \u201cAnd hence we are beginning to see the fall-out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In November, the United Nations will convene a major <a href=\"https:\/\/ukcop26.org\/\">climate conference<\/a> where leaders are expected to agree to bolster efforts to combat climate change and attempt to curb future&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/06\/global-emissions-increase-oecd\/\">emissions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki said the White House hoped high energy prices would not convince leadership from Europe and Asia to approach the November conference with more concerns about cost than climate.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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