House Republicans passed a sweeping energy bill containing so many pro-fossil fuel provisions that climate advocates and progressives noted it may as well have been written by the industry itself.
If H.R. 1 isn’t passed, the U.S. “will cede our position as a global energy leader and instead become reliant on foreign adversaries to supply our energy needs,” API said in its letter, sent on March 14. The group emphasized “cementing our energy independence.”
The supposed burden of energy regulations, a longtime bugaboo of the fossil fuel industry, was a sticking point. While API called out “onerous regulations,” several Republicans went on about “burdensome” ones. And claims about the “rise” of or “growing” demand for energy were also repeated by politicians.
These quotes come on top of the fact that the bill itself is essentially a fossil fuel wish list, as climate advocates have pointed out. Targets of H.R. 1 include the National Environmental Policy Act , which has long been a thorn in the side of the fossil fuel industry, and the recent Inflation Reduction Act , which cuts into Big Oil’s energy dominance. People like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez noted the similarities between the bill and the oil lobby’s agenda on the House floor last Tuesday.
H.R. 1 reads “as if you gave a pen to an oil lobbyist and wrote down everything that they’d want,” she went on.
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