Manchin Eyes Defense Act to Boost US Energy Flows

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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) said he is looking at ways to rapidly increase US domestic energy production, including using the wartime Defense Production Act (DPA), in order to support Europe’s need to diversify away from Russian oil and natural gas.

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