{"id":7029,"date":"2026-03-08T15:47:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T15:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/08\/us-energy-chief-defends-waiver-on-russian-oil-sanctions-blames-fear-for-higher-gas-prices-reuters\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T15:47:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T15:47:24","slug":"us-energy-chief-defends-waiver-on-russian-oil-sanctions-blames-fear-for-higher-gas-prices-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/08\/us-energy-chief-defends-waiver-on-russian-oil-sanctions-blames-fear-for-higher-gas-prices-reuters\/","title":{"rendered":"US energy chief defends waiver on Russian oil sanctions, blames fear for higher gas prices &#8211; Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixgFBVV95cUxQemZ0a3J3WDVOUGY1bXBQNVhiYjNwdWstWmpWOEpXd2NodG03Y29CeXdNcXpRTVUxblltVjQ0bzVCekk2OWZGTGdpT3otNnZ5QkdmaElwdHA5ZmFQb3hlQUYyT0M0RWYxODd5aGpkVXpwQzNrQUhiN2QzeWJPVEtRVUNaRW1MMGhRS01BTkZfamNyTDdnSVlXRVFVcmxack9SOUdjUWU4SlNZbE9sTGtHOG9TbW5TU0xYNTdUSjh3NExDdG4tQlE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">US energy chief defends waiver on Russian oil sanctions, blames fear for higher gas prices<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidEFVX3lxTE14dFVyakJJUUI2YWFhd3JYaEsxUm1yaEkwa3U0Q3Rjb3VOcl9aTTYxYWVrRTVJWGVZcGtEemd6RGpVUDVyR3FBRko5ZW43RF9sbzBYRDVmNS1PSXo5M2RtQjBoanY4X1BzdUU4LTd5SnF3LTdM0gF6QVVfeXFMTl9YUkJNQzg0X1VmMHhwRlJTU1JEdjl4V3N4QTRRV3JkdXBBTHNsN2tqMFhDdzNaRHZMcm1FRXBCYUNZRUdhWGk1SmlSM3FJNXFHLVpzdjVrSmFQWm01dENGazkzbDJsTV9kMzhJZm9QNG1XbWwyZGRPWUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Energy prices will fall when U.S. destroys Iran&#8217;s ability to attack tankers in Strait of Hormuz: Wright<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxPZEcyb2ppMDBwU1UzRFpTY2djeG5yQ2IwOUhZTUI2SDAzYUg2d01wS3ZHVEtOYXoxU0JxZ2gya0lzZXJ5Ml9pTUNENjFQdk9fWnRaOWkxenhGZVh0d2lnc0Y5RnhVT1dWcUVRUEpaTGR4WUZFVUlZUzJINTRfUE1MM094bW5nemM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Iran war spreading economic damage far beyond oil and gas markets<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifkFVX3lxTE5EZEY3Z3BZRjdPd3lsdlJwYU51Qk85UjRZMkg4YnAzdUFEbl9tVExzdnlSQ2pGbzVmT25qOHc2R2pQNElVcjR4bmFlWUh3SlhJRXplWUxZb3MzTUFhd3BpNllySUJOT3dzMV9INmZYSHFmU01La296dlRaRzQyQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump&#8217;s energy chief blames oil price spike on market fear<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Axios<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxPaTE2WjJ5cjM4bFQ5RXhibEpscWtRU1VfbWVuQkJlbHRWTUhPUEllZzdicTNzcTcyeUVaMDZjaldXakpVVWVLd2huZkJzSFVzRUZMN0pMR1lvRFoxNkdkMTFHOWp4bkdlS0c1T0J6MzY3MTBMMTZsTDJoUWh2cm9zOXk2TDQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Energy Secretary Says Tankers Could Start Moving Soon<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US energy chief defends waiver on Russian oil sanctions, blames fear for higher gas prices&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters Energy prices will fall when U.S. destroys Iran&#8217;s ability to&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/08\/us-energy-chief-defends-waiver-on-russian-oil-sanctions-blames-fear-for-higher-gas-prices-reuters\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7029\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}