Funny, this sounds familiar — oh yeah — it’s what SARAH PALIN was pushing for throughout the campaign!
Actually, it is the plan PRESIDENT Bush was pushing for the past 10 years!
- calls for expanding offshore oil and gas production and leasing the...(ANWR) to oil and gas producers
April 19, 2002: [ANWR]...was not the only place where the Bush administration was hoping to find more oil. It is also encouraging drilling at more than 50 new sites in the lower 48 states, particularly in the Rocky Mountains.
March 16, 2005
The Bush administration has long sought to open the refuge as part of the president’s national energy policy, but the proposal has repeatedly run into opposition on Capitol Hill.
June 21, 2007:
I strongly believe that we ought to open up more outer continental shelf area, as well as ANWR in Alaska.
- involving both traditional and renewable energy
May 18, 2001:
And one of the keys to energy security in America, and national security, is to have a diversified energy base. That means oil; that means gas; that means safe nuclear energy; that means clean coal technologies…
But it also means interesting new opportunities, such as biomass…
I can't think of anything better for national security than to replace barrels of oil that come into the country from nations that can't stand America -- some of them don't -- with products that we grow here in America. I would much rather replace oil from Iraq with corn products from Iowa.
October 12, 2006:
Nuclear power is renewable, and there are no greenhouse gases associated with nuclear power.
And one of the keys to energy security in America, and national security, is to have a diversified energy base.
- expedite the nuclear plant licensing process
Executive Order
May 18, 2001
Actions to Expedite Energy-Related Projects
…it is the policy of this Administration that executive departments and agencies shall take appropriate actions…to expedite projects that will increase the production, transmission, or conservation of energy
June 21, 2007:
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is working to improve and streamline the regulatory process to help accelerate the construction of nuclear plants.
- prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from using the Clean Air Act as “ammo” to enforce carbon dioxide regulations.
March 14, 2001:
…this administration will enforce the clean air laws of the country. We will work with our utilities to encourage better efficiency, so as to clean up the air.
April 28, 2001
We are adopting new, scientifically sensible rules to discourage emissions of lead, to protect wetlands, to reduce the amount of arsenic in drinking water, to curb dangerous pesticides and to clean the air of pollution from on-road diesel engines.
June 21, 2007:
the Supreme Court ... ruled that the EPA must take action under the Clean Air Act regarding greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles. That's what the Court said. And when the Court says something, then the executive branch of government says, okay, you said it, now we'll listen. We'll do what you asked us to do.
So Congress can pass the law, which I hope they do, but if they don't, we're moving forward because the Supreme Court told us to move forward. And either way, in either case, we're going to become less dependent on oil, and that's good for the United States of America.