By Debra Rodman
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is being televised. While some choose or choose not to follow the deadly conflict via the news, one thing you can not ignore is the price of gas, which in Richmond remains around $4 per gallon, adding to the pain Virginians are already feeling in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
During this time of inflation, and when 10 million Ukranians have been displaced, the fossil fuel industry and their political allies have wasted no time in taking advantage of this crisis, price-gouging us at the pump and blaming rising energy costs on domestic clean energy policy. While price volatility has always accompanied global conflict, it is being exacerbated by existing supply constraints manufactured by the industry itself.
The oil and gas industry wants to use this crisis to build even more infrastructure, lock…
Clean energy, climate action not to blame for pain at the pump
