President Trump has been critical of OPEC for decades, but now he’s being credited with helping push the oil cartel and Russia to cut oil production – a move that’s likely to lift gasoline prices. That’s a risky position to be defending going into an election. POLITICO’s Zack Colman explains why. Plus, EPA prepares to keep an air pollution standard to its 2013 level.
Kelsey Tamborrino is a Politico Energy reporter.
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