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January 26, 2012

President Obama's Uneven Record on Oil and Gas Production

IER, Institute for Energy Research


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Since President Obama took office, total U.S. oil and natural gas production has increased. This increase, however, has happened in spite of the President, not because of him. The increase in production is occurring on private and state lands, the use of which is much harder for the President to restrict (at least in the short term). . .

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TAGGED: Politics, President Barack Obama, U.S. energy policy, oil, domestic energy, domestic energy production, natural gas, Institute for Energy Research

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