Iran war punctures Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ promise on US gas prices, experts say

Fossil fuel supply is more vulnerable to global shocks than renewable power sources and efforts to boost efficiencies Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Donald Trump’s war on Iran has triggered shocks in fossil fuel markets, exposing the perils of an agenda that prioritizes “drill, baby, drill” while sabotaging renewable power and energy efficiency in the US, experts and advocates say. The US-Israeli war on Iran has already led to hundreds of deaths, created an ecological crisis linked to strikes on oil depots and sent fossil fuel prices haywire across the globe. Continue reading...