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原文传递 Ukraine Invasion Clarifies Climate Agenda Costs

题名：	Ukraine Invasion Clarifies Climate Agenda Costs
正文语种：	eng
摘要：	President Joe Biden just announced a ban on oil and gas imports from Russia. America imports less than 5 percent of its oil and gas from there, so the ban on Russian imports will affect us much less than our allies in Europe. The EU consumes about 540 billion cubic meters of natural gas a year, more than 40 percent of which originates in Russia, according to Thomas Pyle, president of the Institute for Energy Research. In his March 8 press conference announcing the sanctions, Biden pointed out that the U.S. produces more oil and gas than all of Europe and that America is a net exporter of energy. That became true in 2019, but on February 18, the Energy Information Administration forecast that America will once again become a net energy importer in 2022. A recent poll by Morning Consult showed virtually unanimous support for increasing American oil and gas production. Support was marginally higher among Democrats (96 percent) than Republicans (92 percent), showing the bipartisan nature of the sentiment. Biden insisted, "It is simply not true that my administration or policies are holding back domestic energy production." However, Biden has called for a "whole of government approach" to cut carbon emissions by 50 percent by 2030. In January 2021, the administration froze auctions for new drilling rights on federal lands, halting at least six pending drilling projects. It took a judge s order last June after lawsuits from energy-producing states to unblock the freezes. The Department of the Interior is still ignoring judge-imposed deadlines for restarting the auctions; it missed a court-ordered deadline as recently as February.
出版年：	2022
期刊名称：	The Waterways Jouranl
卷：	135
期：	48
页码：	4-4