‘Approve Our Permits’: US Oil Industry Responds After Biden Cuts Imports From Russia

‘Approve Our Permits’: US Oil Industry Responds After Biden Cuts Imports From Russia
White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during the daily press briefing in the White House on Feb. 25, 2022. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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On March 8, while President Joe Biden announced a ban on Russian oil and gas imports, regular gasoline at one BP gas station on Chicago’s South Side was nearly $5 a gallon.

“$25 is only giving you half a tank,” Dacia, a customer who was buying a few dollars of fuel, told The Epoch Times. “I probably have to go to Indiana to find somewhere else cheaper. People don’t really have that much money.”

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Nathan Worcester is an award-winning journalist for The Epoch Times based in Washington, D.C. He frequently covers Capitol Hill, elections, and the ideas that shape our times. He has also written about energy and the environment. Nathan can be reached at [email protected]
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