350. Breaking Down the Biden Energy Narrative

Show Notes

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, and Linnea Lueken are joined by Isaac Orr from the Center of the American Experiment and Jason Hayes from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy for episode 350 of the In The Tank Podcast. On this episode, the ITT crew talks about all the excuses that are being spun to shield the Biden Administration and his energy policies from the rising prices for gas and energy. The ITT crew sets out to separate the facts from the fiction.

 

OPENING CHIT CHAT

WSJ - Climate-Change Censorship: Phase Two
https://www.wsj.com/articles/climate-censorship-phase-two-gina-mccarthy-social-media-biden-white-house-11655156191?st=0inyrmh1n3e5bb2&reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter

 

GAS PRICE RISE NARRATIVE

Fox Business - Record high gas prices: West Virginia, Montana, Colorado see biggest weekly jumps
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/record-high-gas-prices-west-virginia-montana-colorado-see-biggest-weekly-jumps

Washington Post - Fossil fuel leasing program undercuts Biden's climate goals, report says
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/15/fossil-fuel-leasing-program-undercuts-biden-climate-goals-report-says/

AP News - Biden tells oil refiners: Produce more gas, fewer profits
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-biden-covid-health-f73c882b0664a5d5dd62635a9a65364c

ExxonMobil – Response to Biden
https://corporate.exxonmobil.com/News/Newsroom/News-releases/2022/0615_ExxonMobil-statement-regarding-President-Biden-Letter-to-Oil-Industry

IER - Another U.S. Refinery Slated to Close
https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/fossil-fuels/gas-and-oil/another-u-s-refinery-slated-to-close/

 

ENERGY SHORTAGES

WSJ - Why Electricity Blackouts Are Coming to Michigan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-electricity-blackouts-are-coming-to-michigan-nuclear-power-plant-green-energy-renewable-climate-11653685521?mod=article_inline

Washington Post – A summer of blackouts
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/06/02/blackout-states-summer-heat/

WSJ - ‘That Could Never Happen in America,’ I Once Thought
https://www.wsj.com/articles/blackout-rolling-electricity-power-venezuela-america-11654185555 

Reuters - U.S. Midwest may have summer power shortages for years
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-midwest-may-have-summer-power-shortages-years-2022-06-10/#:~:text=On%20Friday%2C%20MISO%20released%20a,responses%20over%20the%20next%20year.&text=One%20gigawatt%20can%20power%20about,on%20a%20hot%20summer%20day

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Creators and Guests

Host

Chris Talgo

Chris Talgo is the Editorial Director at The Heartland Institute and a research fellow for Heartland’s Socialism Research Center.

Host

Donald Kendal

Donald Kendal is a research fellow for The Heartland's Socialism Research Center, host of Heartland's In the Tank Podcast and Stopping Socialism TV, and a talented graphic designer.

Host

Jim Lakely

Jim Lakely is the Vice President and Director of Communications of The Heartland Institute.

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