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Joe Biden just did the rarest thing in US politics: he stood up to the oil industry; The Biden administration suspended new permits for natural gas terminals. Can we see more of this kind of backbone? (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

related: https://lemmy.world/post/15990629

TL;DR: New fossil fuel permits are no longer needed, and they should no longer be warranted.

Edit: Apparently this article is about export permits, while my link is about production permits.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 9 months ago (10 children)

Why do I feel like every time politicians do the right thing, it's the home budgets of regular people who pay for it?

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