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Lawrence Solomon: Greens gave Iran the Hormuz stranglehold

If Europeans hadn't outlawed the fracking that has made the U.S. a net energy exporter, they would need much less Middle East oil and gas

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Iran did not create the strategic leverage it currently derives from the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints. That accomplishment rests with the environmental lobby, which over decades has spent tens of billions of dollars opposing fossil fuel development in the name of preventing climate catastrophe.

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