'Now more than ever, we can see why it is so essential to double down on our transition to renewable energy,' said RepJayapal and RepBarbaraLee.
to include gas and energy prices, prohibiting corporations' ability to squeeze families."
the"unprecedented corporate greed" of Big Oil companies and said that they cannot be allowed"to take advantage of the war in Ukraine and inflation to make huge profits by jacking up gas prices."Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Tuesday that"Putin's war is causing gas prices to rise, but this is no excuse for large oil companies to pad their bottom line with war-fueled profits.
"We simply cannot drill or burn our way to that goal—and forgoing it in the name of short-term energy independence would cause irrevocable climate damage," they added.
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