POLITICO NEWSROOM

An oil and gas grilling preview

Episode Summary

Democrats have been rattled by the spike in retail gasoline and heating oil costs, and they're looking to pin the prices on oil firms’ prioritizing investor returns over consumer welfare, while Republicans push the blame on the Biden administration’s climate policies.

Episode Notes

Democrats have been rattled by the spike in retail gasoline and heating oil costs, and they're looking to pin the prices on oil firms’ prioritizing investor returns over consumer welfare, while Republicans push the blame on the Biden administration’s climate policies.

 

Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO. 

Mike Sommers is the president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute. 

Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer. 

Carlos Prieto is an audio producer for POLITICO. 

Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio.

Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.