John Hofmeister, ex-Shell president: Obama 'had nothing to do' with oil-and-gas boom - Washington Times

John Hofmeister, ex-Shell president: Obama 'had nothing to do' with oil-and-gas boom - Washington Times:

Mr. Hofmeister also criticized the former president’s opposition to drilling, his increasing of permitting regulations and his handling of the Keystone XL pipeline.
“I would say that he was not a leader when it comes to energy, other than the Clean Power Plan, when he tried to remake the power generation industry without involving Congress, and the Paris accords, again without involving Congress,” he said. “So he tried to do a lot but it was not in the direction of the kind of energy that President Trump is working on.
“[Mr. Obama] was mostly in the way when it came to any carbon-based fuel, but when it came to the actual facts of the matter, because there were areas beyond his jurisdiction, things got done. The industry and the states working together did a remarkable job, which continues to this day under Trump,” he said. “So [Mr. Obama] can take credit for all he wants, but whether people believe him or not it depends on how much history do you really know versus how much history do you want to reinvent.”