Hearing on Biden’s Dip Into Strategic Petroleum Reserves Becomes Debate on Race, Renewables

A House Oversight Subcommittee hearing on President Joe Biden’s decision to draw down the Strategic Petroleum Reserves had some tense moments as some committee members called witnesses shills for the oil industry and accused one of espousing white supremacist views.
Both witnesses denied working for the fossil fuel industry, and the witness accused of racism said his detractors on the committee were lying.
Alex Epstein, president of the Center for Industrial Progress and author of “Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Gas—Not Less,” called the accusation by Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) that he had espoused racist views “a truly despicable and false attack.”…}