Raymond J. Learsy: An Energy Agenda for a Newly Energized Congress (Part III)- C

The current influence of the oil industry on our government, the executive branch, Congress, and friendly court jurisdictions has permitted the oil industry to call the shots on regulation, royalty payments, access to public lands and on. Our government has become so wedded to oil’s purported needs at the expense of the national interest that it is well past time that steps be taken to right this gross imbalance.

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