Big Green gets Biden to further restrict energy

 Daily Caller:

Two environmental groups agreed to drop a lawsuit against the Biden administration Thursday after it acceded to their demands regarding a key Indiana refinery’s permit.

The Environmental Integrity Project and Sierra Club voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and said the issue “has now been fully resolved” in a filing with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The EPA ultimately agreed to the groups’ demands in March, issuing an order granting part of their petition objecting to how particular equipment at BP’s Whiting petroleum refinery in northwest Indiana is regulated.

“Based on a review of the Petition and other relevant materials, including the Permit, the permit record, and relevant statutory and regulatory authorities … the EPA grants in part and denies in part the Petition requesting that the EPA Administrator object to the Permit,” the agency said in the order issued March 4. (RELATED: Biden Admin Stalls Natural Gas Pipeline At The Behest Of Environmental Activists)

The EPA further ordered the Indiana Department of Environmental Management to revise its permit for the refinery. The state agency must monitor certain refinery equipment to account for particulate matter emissions and revise the Whiting refinery’s permit to guarantee a consistent heat input, the EPA ordered in accordance with the two groups’ petition, Bloomberg Law reported.
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Meanwhile, the Biden administration has reportedly considered reopening idle refineries nationwide amid the global energy crisis and nationwide fuel supply shortfall. The U.S. hasn’t constructed a major refinery in decades due to expected fuel demand decline in coming years and burdensome environmental regulations, experts previously told The Daily Caller News Foundation.

Refineries with a total capacity of 800,000 barrels a day have closed since 2019 leaving the U.S. with a total operating refinery capacity of 17.7 million barrels a day, its lowest level since 2013.
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When you see higher prices at the pump it is because Democrats and Big Green want higher prices and they get them through restricting the supply. 

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