If he has nothing to conceal, he has nothing to lose.
Wall Street Journal (6/12/22) editorial: "Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Richard Glick denied taking orders from the White House when he rushed through regulations mandating climate reviews for new natural gas pipelines and liquefied natural gas terminals. Documents shared with us raise questions about that answer. The Institute for Energy Research obtained Mr. Glick’s meeting calendar from Nov. 8, 2020, through this past April 19 via a Freedom of Information Act request. Not surprisingly, it includes many meetings with utilities, energy providers and FERC staff. But starting last September, he began holding biweekly meetings with Deputy White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi. This is notable because Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy asked Mr. Glick point-blank at a hearing on March 3: 'Has anyone higher up in the Administration ever spoken to you in regards to somehow slow-walking or otherwise impeding or otherwise accentuating policy that would have the effect of impeding the development of natural gas pipelines?' Mr. Glick replied, 'Absolutely not.' Recall how Mr. Glick and his two fellow Democratic commissioners in February revised FERC’s long-standing policy for permitting new pipelines and LNG exports by mandating an analysis of the direct and potentially indirect greenhouse-gas emissions from upstream fuel production and downstream consumption...The meetings continued until at least early April. It’s impossible to know what Messrs. Glick and Zaidi were discussing, and the Institute for Energy Research tells us that its FOIA requests for the chairman’s correspondence with the White House and outside groups seem to be getting slow-rolled. But it’s hard to believe the two never talked about pipelines. Mr. Glick could help his confirmation chances by honestly telling Congress what he discussed with Mr. Zaidi. If he has nothing to conceal, he has nothing to lose."
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"Since the 1973 oil embargo, U.S. politicians have decried America's dependence on foreign oil. Now, in the name of climate change and the much-hyped "energy transition," the Biden administration is purposely ignoring the solar industry's near-total reliance on foreign supplies. More particularly, it is ignoring the industry's reliance on China and the U.S. government's own conclusions about slave labor and genocide."
– Robert Bryce,
Power Hungry Podcast
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