Television presenter Mike Rowe reacted on Wednesday to an interview with displaced oil workers who criticized President Joe Biden’s recent executive order, calling it “heartbreaker” the way skilled workers were treated “in a manner” so authoritarian “.
The former host of “Dirty Jobs” explained during an appearance on “Fox & Friends” that “everyone” is affected by fundamental imbalances in the oil and gas industry. He added that the effects will be much greater than just the 11,000 jobs in the Keystone pipeline lost, as the impacts will “spread across the coast.”
OIL AND GAS WORKERS SAY IT FEELS ‘BETRAYED BY BIDEN’S ADMIN: PIPELINE KEYSTONE’ RIPPED OUT FROM ON SO ‘
“Wait until we really do [the oil and gas industry] the enemy and we disconnected so completely from that part of our economy that we really started to see the impact, “said Rowe.” Then you will have 330 million people involved in this conservation. “
Rowe is the host of “Six Degrees with Mike Rowe” on the Discovery + streaming service.
Biden recently signed new executive orders to prevent new leases of oil and gas industry property on federal land and to eliminate subsidies for oil and other fossil fuels. In addition, his orders also commit the United States to retain 30% or more of federal land by 2030.
Critics of Biden’s recent executive actions, including many members of the Republican Party, such as former UN ambassador Nikki Haley and Texas Republican Dan Crenshaw, argue that the government’s efforts to combat climate change are killing American jobs and giving strategic advantages to foreign governments.
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In the past, President Biden has changed his position on hydraulic fracturing and the oil industry. During the presidential debate on October 22, 2020, Biden said he would “transition the industry” when pressed by Donald Trump.
Less than a week later, Biden clarified his position and said that “the oil industry is not going to disappear, and the oil industry itself, if you notice what it is doing, is branching out beyond oil.”