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Opening More Lands and Waters for Oil Drilling Won’t Lower Energy Prices
During his campaign and in the first weeks of his second administration, President Donald Trump has promised to lower energy prices by employing a “drill, baby, drill” approach. In practice, this appears to mean removing protections from public lands and …