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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
Energy
Energy
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Gas prices approaching $5 a gallon are displayed in front of a Shell gas station on October 05, 2021 in San Rafael, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Oil pumpjacks line the horizon in Chevron's Kern River Oil Field, the fifth largest in the United States, located just north and east of Bakersfield, is viewed on July 7, 2021, in Oildale, California (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)
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Wind power generators are enveloped in a smoky sky near the Millard fire on July 15, 2006 near Cabazon, California.
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Aerial view of the China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) Jiujiang oil refinery with crude oil processing capacity of 8 million tons per year on January 23, 2021 in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province of China. (Photo by Zhang Haiyan/VCG via Getty Images)
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North Rhine-Westphalia, Gelsenkirchen: Polar bear Lara takes a nap in the snow.
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Cranes unload coal from a cargo ship at Lianyungang port on August 19, 2020 in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province of China
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President-elect Joe Biden in Wilmington, Del., Dec. 4.
Experts
Thomas J. Duesterberg
Senior Fellow
John Lee
Senior Fellow
Brigham A. McCown
Senior Fellow and Director, Initiative on American Energy Security
