Eleven Democratic senators, including several known for their concerns on climate change, urged Biden in a letter this week to act quickly. President Joe Biden faces growing pressure from fellow Democrats to address rising gasoline prices by taking steps that include a possible ban on oil exports and the release of crude from the nation’s strategic reserves. Eleven Democratic senators, including several known for their concerns on climate change, urged Biden in a letter this week to act quickly with the national average price for a gallon of gasoline at its highest level since 2014. The senators invoked the “undue burden” on families and small businesses and pressed for the release of oil from the nation’s strategic reserve or even the more drastic step of banning export of U.S. crude. “As the United States works to boost the development of clean and renewable energy over the long-term, we must […]

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