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Ahead of the Midterms, Energy Lobbyists Plan for a Republican House

The oil and gas industry is already setting priorities for at least partial G.O.P. control in Congress, with a particular focus on undercutting a Biden administration program to shift away from gas for home heating.

By Eric Lipton

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Biden Expands Effort to Lower Gas Prices and Secure Energy Independence

Draining of emergency oil reserves draws criticism that the White House is trying to lower gas prices with midterm election politics in mind.

By Alan Rappeport

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U.S. to Release Millions More Barrels of Oil to Contain Gas Prices

The Department of Energy will release 15 million more barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and plans additional releases this winter.

By Alan Rappeport

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Charles W. Duncan Jr., Energy Secretary in Oil Crisis, Is Dead at 96

Heir to a Houston coffee fortune and a former president of Coca-Cola, he joined President Jimmy Carter’s cabinet in 1979 as oil shortages roiled the nation.

By Robert D. McFadden

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