Oil Industry Reels as Biden Targets Fossil Fuels in First Days

Jennifer A. Dlouhy from finance.yahoo said that (Bloomberg) — Hours after taking office, President Joe Biden made good on a campaign promise to cancel the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Later that day his Interior Department mandated that only top agency leaders could approve new drilling permits over the next two months.

Next week, according to people familiar with the plans, Biden will go even further: suspending the sale of oil and gas leases on federal land, where the U.S. gets 10% of its supplies.The actions sent oil producers’ stocks tumbling and raised blood pressure across the industry.

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