Posted on 08/21/2011 4:21:48 PM PDT by smoothsailing
August 21, 2011
Kate Galbraith
Texas Tribune
In the opening days of his presidential campaign, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has railed against a favorite target, the Environmental Protection Agency, and declared himself a skeptic that humans are the cause of global warming.
If Perry wins the White House, his national energy policy will focus on cutting federal regulations, especially at the EPA, said his spokesman, Mark Miner. Miner wrote in an email to the Tribune:
"The governor's energy priorities will be centered around scaling back the EPA's intrusive, misguided and job-killing policies, which will empower states to foster their own energy resources without crippling mandates and open the doors for our nation to pursue and strengthen an all-of the above energy approach. America is rich in energy resources, both traditional and renewable, and those resources should all be utilized so we can decrease our dependence on foreign energy sources and help generate greater job growth, which our nation desperately needs. Under Gov. Perry's leadership, Texas has remained the nation's leader in energy production, all while cleaning its air more than most other states and protecting jobs. As president, he will apply the same priorities on a national level, with a focus of empowering the states to regulate their own energy industries and make decisions that are the best fit for their respective state."
To unpack what this means, it is worth reviewing Perrys record on energy, a huge driver of the Texas economy. One theme that Perry often emphasizes, and that Miner suggested would help shape a nationwide policy, has been energy diversification. Over Perrys decade as governor, natural gas drilling has surged, and wind last year supplied nearly 8 percent of the electricity on the Texas grid, up from less than 1 percent in 2000, when Perry took office. The states first biomass power plant began operating this month, and, contrary to the national trend, Perry has also backed construction of new coal-fired power plants. He has, however, stopped short of supporting incentives for solar power.
States rights are another Perry talking point, and he has spoken out against federal constraints on coal, oil and gas, as well as against a federal ethanol-blending mandate.
Many of the changes the gas and wind booms, for example might have happened with or without the governor. But he has had a hand in advancing them....
And the downside of that would be......what??
I also heard that puppies and kittens are at risk if Perry gets the nod.
ping!
Ping.
If she decides NOT to run for the WH..I’d love to see her as SecEnergy
I hope and pray Perry has the opportunity to dismantle Obamas machine in DC.
THAT’S enough to vote for the guy right there!!!
I sure would love to see the maggots down at the EPA being shown the door. They’ve got too much power that they aren’t supposed to have.
Well, nobody’s perfect.... :)
It will be fun to watch!!
I wonder if there is anything that would prevent him from furloughing them every other week or putting them on a two day work week to save money? I’d love to heal the whining from all of the GS14 lawyers who go from a $10,000 monthly paycheck to a $4,000 one.
I wonder if there is anything that would prevent him from furloughing them every other week or putting them on a two day work week to save money? I’d love to heal the whining from all of the GS14 lawyers who go from a $10,000 monthly paycheck to a $4,000 one.
If we give him the opportunity, He WILL do it.
He has been no Obama from day one on this issue.
Its spelled purrfect
One main reason I’m a Rick Perry fan is I think he will eviscerate the EPA. Nuke it and fire every last liberal money grubbing parasite.
Texas has been a major EPA victim. EPA is threatening to severely regulate oil refinery emissions and ruin its coal burning power plants. Perry has already said global warming is a scam so he seems like the right man to nullify the EPA
I certainly see none.
a Perry Ping.....
Chalk up another one for Perry.
It’d be nice if he spelled trouble for the other bureaucracies, too!
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