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Why Is Biden Threatening an American Pipeline While Begging Russia, OPEC for Oil and Gas?

Why Is Biden Threatening an American Pipeline While Begging Russia, OPEC for Oil and Gas?
A maze of crude oil pipes and valves pictured during a tour by the Department of Energy at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Freeport, Texas, on June 9, 2016. Reuters/Richard Carson
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Fresh after publicly begging Russia and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to produce more oil and natural gas in order to ease a global supply crunch and skyrocketing energy prices, the Biden administration is nonsensically considering shutting down an American pipeline that’s crucial to our energy security.