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Biden is blamed for downturn in new oil drilling, but fossil fuel companies are the ones hitting pause

CNN · Ella Nilsen · last updated

Recent attempts to open new parts of the US to drilling have failed mainly because of the lack of interest from oil companies themselves, rather than Biden’s “green” policies.

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