Summary: <p class="x_MsoNormal">The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, and Linnea Lueken are joined by Isaac Orr from the Center of the American Experiment and Jason Hayes from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy for episode 350 of the In The Tank Podcast. On this episode, the ITT crew talks about all the excuses that are being spun to shield the Biden Administration and his energy policies from the rising prices for gas and energy. The ITT crew sets out to separate the facts from the fiction.</p> <p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong><span> </span></strong></p> <p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong><span>OPENING CHIT CHAT</span></strong></p> <p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong><span>WSJ - Climate-Change Censorship: Phase Two</span></strong><br> <span><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/climate-censorship-phase-two-gina-mccarthy-social-media-biden-white-house-11655156191?st=0inyrmh1n3e5bb2&reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter" id="LPlnk307643">https://www.wsj.com/articles/climate-censorship-phase-two-gina-mccarthy-social-media-biden-white-house-11655156191?st=0inyrmh1n3e5bb2&reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter</a></span></p> <p class="x_MsoNormal"><span> </span></p> <p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong><span>GAS PRICE RISE NARRATIVE</span></strong></p> <p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong><span>Fox Business - Record high gas prices: West Virginia, Montana, Colorado see biggest weekly jumps</span></strong><br> <span><a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/record-high-gas-prices-west-virginia-montana-colorado-see-biggest-weekly-jumps" id="LPlnk167804">https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/record-high-gas-prices-west-virginia-montana-colorado-see-biggest-weekly-jumps</a></span></p> <p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong><span>Washington Post - Fossil fuel leasing program undercuts Biden's climate goals, report says</span></strong><br> <span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/15/fossil-fuel-leasing-program-undercuts-biden-climate-goals-report-says/" id="LPlnk234660">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/15/fossil-fuel-leasing-program-undercuts-biden-climate-goals-report-says/</a></span></p> <p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong><span>AP News - Biden tells oil refiners: Produce more gas, fewer profits</span></strong><br> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-biden-covid-health-f73c882b0664a5d5dd62635a9a65364c" id="LPlnk696340"><span>https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-biden-covid-health-f73c882b0664a5d5dd62635a9a65364c</span></a></p> <p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong><span>ExxonMobil – Response to Biden</span></strong><br> <a href="https://corporate.exxonmobil.com/News/Newsroom/News-releases/2022/0615_ExxonMobil-statement-regarding-President-Biden-Letter-to-Oil-Industry"><span>https://corporate.exxonmobil.com/News/Newsroom/News-releases/2022/0615_ExxonMobil-statement-regarding-President-Biden-Letter-to-Oil-Industry</span></a></p> <p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong><span>IER - Another U.S. Refinery Slated to Close</span></strong><br> <span><a href="https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/fossil-fuels/gas-and-oil/another-u-s-refinery-slated-to-close/">https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/fossil-fuels/gas-and-oil/another-u-s-refinery-slated-to-close/</a></span></p> <p class="x_MsoNormal"><span> </span></p> <p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong><span>ENERGY SHORTAGES</span></strong></p> <p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong><span>WSJ - Why Electricity Blackouts Are Coming to Michigan</span></strong><br> <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-electricity-blackouts-are-coming-to-michigan-nuclear-power-plant-green-energy-renewable-climate-11653685521?mod=article_inline"><span>https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-electricity-blackouts-are-coming-to-michigan-nuclear-power-plant-green-energy-renewable-climate-11653685521?mod=article_inline</span></a></p> <p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong><span>Washington Post – A summer of blackouts</span></strong><br> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/06/02/blackout-states-summer-heat/"><span>https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/06/02/blackout-states-summer-heat/</span></a></p> <p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong><span>WSJ - ‘That Could Never Happen in America,’ I Once Thought</span></strong><br> <span><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/blackout-rolling-electricity-power-venezuela-america-11654185555">https://www.wsj.com/articles/blackout-rolling-electricity-power-venezuela-america-11654185555</a> </span></p> <p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong><span>Reuters - U.S. Midwest may have summer power shortages for years</span></strong><br> <span><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-midwest-may-have-summer-power-shortages-years-2022-06-10/#:~:text=On%20Friday%2C%20MISO%20released%20a,responses%20over%20the%20next%20year.&text=One%20gigawatt%20can%20power%20about,on%20a%20hot%20summer%20day">https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-midwest-may-have-summer-power-shortages-years-2022-06-10/#:~:text=On%20Friday%2C%20MISO%20released%20a,responses%20over%20the%20next%20year.&text=One%20gigawatt%20can%20power%20about,on%20a%20hot%20summer%20day</a></span></p> <p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong><span>[Please subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast for free on iTunes at </span></strong><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/heartland-daily-podcast/id557620400?mt=2"><strong><span>this link</span></strong></a><strong><span>.]</span></strong></p>
