we asked the american petroleum institute, the api, i to respond to these allegations in an interview. dozens of our emails went unanswered. then we received this statement. the rank over the past 2 decades demonstrates that the industry has achieved its goal of providing affordable, reliable american energy to us consumers, while substantially reducing emissions and our environmental footprint. any suggestion to the country is false. the oil industry paid thousands of lobbyists to obstruct or delay any kind of climate, action, and environmental regulation that is common knowledge. but few lobbyists have been caught bragging about their methods. the in may 2021. under cover investigators working for the environmental n g a green piece field, exxon mobiles top lobbyist, keith mccoy. exxon sufficiently. ready busy notice it's like it's a fishing, right? you know, you have a real cause or they need, you need it was a revelation for a lot of people that, you know, they, they know what they're doing. they know how they're manipulating the, the political system here in the united states. di

. >> reporter: the american petroleum institute told me after the biden administered increased fees byamerican energy industry is not the answer. >> they started by cutting off the keystone pipeline and everything from this administration since then has been undercutting of american production at a time we need more american production because of geopolitical instability. what you are seeing is cutting back on production, federal lands in federal waters doing everything they can to do that. >> effective policies around the globe, the pressure on gas prices up $0.19 more than a month ago and one cent lower than a year ago. released tensions adding to pressures on oil. the direct attacks between israel and iran, doesn't seem likely there will be more direct attacks. they are hovering in the mid-$80 range. it would spike if the escalation. neil: another one in a particular trading range, pierce joins us now, the foundation and chairman. what do you make of how the rogue investment is handling itself in the middle of all this global craziness? >> i think it is weathering the storm rather w

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the president of the american petroleum institute says that the new fees are designed to discourage future investment in oil and natural gas industry in the u.s.. >> the less we produce in the united states, the more people are going to pay. the real concern i think we have again during a time of incredible geopolitical instability is that this sends the wrong signal to the marketplace at a time when we need more oil and gas. reporter: white houssaying that the president needs more time to make his transition to electric and that eventually will bring down gas prices. liz: yeah, we heard that story, edward. thank you so much. welcome to the show from house energy congresswoman debbieless koenen. we hear that -- debbie leskod telling ukraine not to bomb russia's oil facilities? >> they're really desperate. as you've said, since biden's been in office, our gasoline price haves gone up. in phoenix it's $4.35 a gallon right now. that's about $2 more per gallon than when biden took office. it's just -- they know they're under water on this issue. liz: okay, turning to anti-israel protests and h

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the president of the american petroleum institute believes higher gas prices are by design. >> i thinku are seeing right now is where they can cut back on production, on federal lands and federal waters, they are doing everything they can to do that. these new blm rules will undercut production on federal lands by increasing costs for american producers. what that will mean is less production in the future on federal lands and federal waters. >> here is what the interior department is. increased royalty fees by 17%. bond price for leases by 1400%. that price -- and limited off shore leases in gulf of mexico the next five years. three leases on that. discouraging future investment and limiting u.s. production. the source tells me the president told advisors to speed up electric transition. >> advance environmental justice and make investments in climate ever in all history to delivering clean energy and jobs across america. >> according to the oil and natural gas industry, it will keep gas prices higher for longer the way the president is doing this. >> dana: thank you. ♪ >> bill: it di

to aaa $3.63 20 cents more than a month ago and about the same price as last year the american petroleum institute fees and regulations that will keep gas prices higher into the future. >> there's an old expression if you want more of something you should tax it lasts and if you want less of something you should tax it more. what the administration is doing with the new rural is undercutting american production on federal lands. >> he says discouraging future investment the president's plan to refill the petroleum reserve have been canceled because of the higher oil prices. we've not seen an indication that he wants to release more the administration will tell you the solution to higher gas prices rest with buying an electric vehicle or source tells me they told him to speed up the force transition. >> we believe this is working and what the president has promised and we want to see the manufacturing industry for the future of this country and that's what we see them with the presidents working towards. >> polls may indicate that the president or the people don't like paying the higher gas prices