On Tuesday, the Biden Administration ordered 50 million barrels of oil to be released from America’s strategic reserve to help bring down fuel costs. POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre explains the move and why it’s happening now.

Ben Lefebvre covers the energy industry for POLITICO.

Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer.

Raghu Manavalan is the host-producer of the Playbook Daily Briefing and a senior editor for POLITICO audio.

Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.

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Biden pulls the trigger on oil release