A House Natural Resources subcommittee is set to hear on the state of the country’s offshore oil and gas resources, a topic of disagreement between the climate-focused Biden administration and House Republicans. The hearing, titled “Assessing Domestic Offshore Energy Reserves & Ensuring U.S. Energy Dominance,” will focus on how the White House manages the nation’s massive stores of crude oil and natural gas and also consider the Interior Department’s assessment of future oil exploration and production offshore. Republican leaders on the committee have argued that President Joe Biden’s energy policies could undermine national fossil fuel supply and harm American energy resilience. The subcommittee’s chair, Rep. Pete Stauber, has compared the president’s hostility to oil to the limits placed on mining in his state.
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has published data showing that solar accounted for over 75% of US electrical generating
