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President Donald Trump during a news conference in the White House briefing room on Monday, April 6, 2026. (Getty Images)
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An oil rig in the Iranian area of the Persian Gulf. (Stock Image)
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The Strategic Petroleum Reserve storage at the Bryan Mound site on October 19, 2022, in Freeport, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
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The second oil well drilled, outside of the Otuabagi community, continues to leak crude despite being capped in Bayelsa, Nigeria. (James Barnett via New Lines Magazine)
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An aerial view of Tesla cars recharging at a Tesla Supercharger station, located next to Pasadena Water and Power, on April 14, 2022, in Pasadena, California. (Mario Tama via Getty Images)
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A coal power plant in Grevenbroich, Germany, on August 2, 2022. (Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Plows work to clear ice and snow along the Lake Erie shoreline on December 24, 2022, in Hamburg, New York. (John Normile/Getty Images)
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An oil refinery in Wilmington, California, on September 21, 2022. (Allison Dinner/Getty Images)
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Experts
Thomas J. Duesterberg
Senior Fellow
John Lee
Senior Fellow
Brigham A. McCown
Senior Fellow and Director, Initiative on American Energy Security
Ken Moriyasu
Senior Fellow
