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 CHATWSJ - Climate-Change Censorship: Phase Twohttps://www.wsj.com/articles/climate-censorship-phase-two-gina-mccarthy-social-media-biden-white-house-11655156191?st=0inyrmh1n3e5bb2&reflink=desktopwebshare_twitterGAS PRICE RISE NARRATIVEFox Business - Record high gas prices: West Virginia, Montana, Colorado see biggest weekly jumpshttps://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/record-high-gas-prices-west-virginia-montana-colorado-see-biggest-weekly-jumpsWashington Post - Fossil fuel leasing program undercuts Biden's climate goals, report sayshttps://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 profitshttps://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-biden-covid-health-f73c882b0664a5d5dd62635a9a65364cExxonMobil – Response to Bidenhttps://corporate.exxonmobil.com/News/Newsroom/News-releases/2022/0615_ExxonMobil-statement-regarding-President-Biden-Letter-to-Oil-IndustryIER - Another U.S. Refinery Slated to Closehttps://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/fossil-fuels/gas-and-oil/another-u-s-refinery-slated-to-close/ENERGY SHORTAGESWSJ - Why Electricity Blackouts Are Coming to Michiganhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/why-electricity-blackouts-are-coming-to-michigan-nuclear-power-plant-green-energy-renewable-climate-11653685521?mod=article_inlineWashington Post – A summer of blackoutshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/06/02/blackout-states-summer-heat/WSJ - ‘That Could Never Happen in America,’ I Once Thoughthttps://www.wsj.com/articles/blackout-rolling-electricity-power-venezuela-america-11654185555Reuters - U.S. Midwest may have summer power shortages for yearshttps://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[Please subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast for free on iTunes at this link.]

Source: Washington Post June 17, 2022 17:08 UTC