Last week the House of Representatives approved a funding bill that reversed a quarter-century ban on drilling for oil off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. While this is a major victory for American consumers, it is only the beginning. The left and their environmental allies have constructed a massive web of bureaucracy between America’s natural resources and American consumers. The Institute for Energy Research has detailed the cumbersome and inefficient process energy producers must go through before a drop of oil or a cubic foot of natural gas can be …
