The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preparing to cite the United States’ largest oil field for violating ozone pollution standards, threatening gas and oil production in the region.
The proposed regulations will directly affect the Permian Basin, the largest oil field in the United States, accounting for 95,000,000 gallons of gasoline per day or 40% of the domestically-produced oil.
With gas over $5 per gallon in much of the United States, the Biden Administration wants to send prices skyrocketing even higher.
$10 per gallon would be in the realm of possibility.
It’s the latest attack by the regime against working-class Americans.
Biden’s EPA Has America’s Biggest Oil Field In Its Regulatory Crosshairs https://t.co/fjpBHZGuZ2 via @DailyCaller
— Chris 🇺🇸 (@Chris_1791) June 29, 2022
The Daily Caller reported:
“Even as Americans are struggling with $5 gas and record-breaking inflation, team Biden continues to double down on their political commitments to ‘end all fossil fuels,’” former EPA Chief of Staff Mandy Gunasekara told The Daily Caller News Foundation.
Though regulators would have three years to propose solutions to lower ozone levels if the field is found to be in violation, regulatory uncertainty is likely to disincentivize new permits and drilling in the oil field, Bloomberg reported.
The move prompted criticism from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who demanded the EPA drop the proposal.
President Biden's EPA seeks to stop gas production in the Permian Basin.
This will raise gas prices EVEN MORE.
This action is completely discretionary.
Biden has the power to stop it.
Read my full letter: pic.twitter.com/o788QPGYdj
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) June 27, 2022
The Gateway Pundit added:
According to a letter he sent to the administration Monday, Abbott pointed out the direct impact on the lives of Americans. Abbott pledged that if he did not hear back from the administration by June 29, he would take action to “protect the production of oil—and the gasoline that comes from it.”
Abbott called out the hypocrisy of the Biden White House, which has claimed empathy for Americans struggling to afford gas. He said that the EPA’s move would only make things worse for the nation.
The letter states, “You say that you want ‘to bring refineries back online to get more gas to the pump at lower prices…’ That goal… could be thwarted if the EPA is allowed to move forward with its discretionary regulatory process.”
He also states, “If you let the EPA move forward with the untimely and unnecessary measures that accompany redesignation, that action will put 25 percent of American oil supply at risk. That, in turn, could substantially increase the cost of gasoline.”
The proposed regulations come on the heels of the Supreme Court ruling that the EPA doesn’t have authority to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions.
BREAKING: Supreme Court Rules EPA Has No Authority to Regulate Greenhouse-Gas Emissions
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