The Truth About Obama's Energy Policy

Obama's reelection team likes to promote the fact that oil and gas production is up during his tenure. This is great news.

However, this cart from the American Petroleum Institute tells an interesting detail.

Production is up on private lands. On Federally controlled lands, production is in fact down. And much of that is due to Obama's policies and regulations.

Production may be up, but it isn't as large as it could be.