President Trump should be commended for trying to save the US energy industry | DanKEberhart for CNNBusiness Perspectives
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Dan K. Eberhart is CEO of Canary, an independent oilfield services company in the United States, and a frequent commentator on oil markets and US politics. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. .leftside-floating-image { width:100%; display:block; margin:0 auto 1.5rem; } @media screen and { .leftside-floating-image { float:left; width:50%; max-width: 200px; display:block; margin:0 1.5rem 1rem 0; } } For years, the US oil industry has had to compete for space with agriculture goods and other commodities on railways and public roads, raising energy prices and increasing congestion on the highways and smaller roads American travelers depend on every day.
Pipelines are by far the most efficient means of transporting oil and natural gas. Unfortunately, construction of new pipelines and other critical energy infrastructure is too often blocked by states, which have the power to reject pipelines under a little-understood provision of the federal Clean Water Act.
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