“Under my plan of a cap-and-trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket…”
~Sen. Barack Obama, 2008
“Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.”
~Energy Secretary Steven Chu
Amanda Carey
The Daily Caller
5/24/2011
Rep. Darrell Issa of California, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, has found another target in the Obama administration’s policy agenda: energy. Late Monday, Issa released a scathing report accusing the White House of being complicit in driving up oil prices to push a move to alternative energy sources.
Among other things, the report — “Rising Energy Costs: An Intentional Result of Government Action” — accused the administration of restricting access to domestic energy sources, hindering “fracking” technology and hampering the economic recovery by proposing new taxes on the energy industry.
The report also says the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) coordinated with environmental groups to target energy producers with environmental concerns. According to the report, the Oversight Committee obtained an email between the EPA Texas regional director and an environmental advocate congratulating each other on progress in creating barriers to energy production from fossil fuels sources.
