Americans are feeling Biden's one year anniversary at the pump and in everything they buy.
Inside Sources (1/19/22) reports: "Joe Biden kicked off his presidency on January 20, 2021, by killing the Keystone XL pipeline. For the newly-elected Democrat, it was a message affirming his commitment to green energy policies. For the energy industry, America’s allies abroad, and skilled workers at home, however, the impacts of Biden’s actions were far more concrete. 'Killing 10,000 jobs and taking $2.2 billion in payroll out of workers’ pockets is not what Americans need or want right now,' Andy Black, President and CEO of the Association of Oil Pipelines, said at the time...Neal Crabtree, a welding foreman from Fouke, Ark., lost his job when Biden pulled the pipeline’s permit. But he says he has bigger concerns than his own paycheck. 'I was worried by the tone being set by the Biden administration,' Crabtree said. 'A direct attack on energy in this country seemed to be the president’s highest priority.nNow we’re seeing rising energy prices. Private companies are reluctant to develop new pipelines because of the outrageous permitting process. Pipelines, just like roads and bridges in this country, are aging. To neglect our pipelines is a dangerous thing. We saw how dependent we are on them when the Colonial Pipeline was shut down last year.' Dan Kish, Distinguished Senior Fellow for the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Energy Research, agrees. 'We saw it as a body blow to American energy security,' he said."
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"Virginia's new Governor Glenn Youngkin is doing the right thing pulling out of the 'carbon tax' Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) program by executive action. Next, he should work to repeal or modify the electric generation plan."
– David T. Stevenson,
Caesar Rodney Institute
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