How low oil prices turned Trump’s call to ‘drill, baby, drill’ into a pipe dream

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By Naveena SadasivamSep 16, 2025, 4:15 am362 ptsTop
When President Donald Trump took office, he promised to “unleash American energy” — and quickly left no doubt that he meant fossil fuel energy in particular. In the months since, he has opened up vast stretches of public lands and U.S. oceans for drilling and reduced the royalty rates that companies must…

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