Sentences with phrase «increase offshore oil drilling»

Congressman Runyan has voted to increase offshore oil drilling (including in the mid-Atlantic, potentially threatening New Jersey's coast) while loosening safety standards and exempting oil companies from having to use available pollution control devices.

There are others, including bills that would increase offshore oil drilling and block solar and offshore wind.

John McCain — while paying lip service to greater use of wind, solar, geothermal, and biofuels — clearly and consistently believes that in the near future (certainly in the time he would be in office) greater reliance on nuclear power as well as increased offshore oil drilling is the path to increased energy independence in the United States.

About three quarters (74 %) consider increasing our use and production of alternative energy sources to be more important than increasing offshore oil drilling (15 %).

The reckless move by the Trump Administration to pursue increased offshore oil drilling is an appalling attack on our already imperiled communities, both marine and terrestrial.

The reckless move by the Trump Administration to pursue increased offshore oil drilling is an appalling attack on our already imperiled communities.

The other surprise was when Obama channeled Sarah Palin by calling for increased offshore oil drilling in order to achieve «energy independence.»

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«Also, as public and government appetite for deepwater offshore drilling ebbs, interest in onshore, safer oil extraction operations is set to increase.

In the case of offshore driller Noble Corp. and oil tanker operator Teekay Tankers, supply and demand played a big role, driving down prices for their services while increasing competition for the available work.

Man - made sounds such as offshore drilling, seismic testing for deep sea oil, and even the hum from that Spanish cargo ship permeate the ocean at ever - increasing levels.

$ 8 billion) over first ten years for deficit reductionObeys PAYGO; Starting in 2026, 25 % of auction revenues for deficit reductionFuels and TransportationIncrease biofuels to 60 million gallons by 2030, low - carbon fuel standard of 10 % by 2010, 1 million plug» in hybrid cars by 2025, raise fuel economy standards, smart growth funding, end oil subsidies, promote natural gas drilling, enhanced oil recoverySmart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, raise fuel economy standards $ 7 billion a year for smart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, natural gas vehicles, raise fuel economy standards; offshore drilling with revenue sharing and oil spill veto, natural gas fracking disclosureCost ContainmentInternational offsetsOffset pool, banking and borrowing flexibility, soft price collar using permit reserve auction at $ 28 per ton going to 60 % above three - year - average market price» Hard» price collar between $ 12 and $ 25 per ton, floor increases at 3 % + CPI, ceiling at 5 % + CPI, plus permit reserve auction, offsets like W - MClean Air Act And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/10.

2) At least ten years will pass before a tiny addition of oil might become available to us through offshore drilling; the crisis can not wait ten years for very negligible increases in supplies of the commodity we need to wean ourselves from.

Our nation's oceans, waves and beaches are vital to recreational, economic and ecological treasures that would be polluted by an increase in offshore oil drilling.

The national survey by Pew Research Center, conducted March 27 - April 9 among 2,541 adults, finds pockets of partisan agreement over expanding solar and wind power, though wide political divides remain over increasing fossil fuels through such methods as coal mining, hydraulic fracturing and offshore drilling for oil and natural gas, a pattern consistent with a 2016 Pew Research Center survey.

The increase comes in large part from new offshore developments, including deepwater drilling, and helps restore Mexico's position as a major global oil producer and exporter.

It expanded extraction using hydrofracturing in tar sands to increase activity in offshore oil drilling all over the world, thereby maximizing its rate of fossil fuel extraction and processing.

In June, during the Gulf of Mexico oil leak, there was more opposition (52 %) than support (44 %) for increased offshore drilling.

The Congressman went on to introduce a bill that would increase penalties for any future offshore oil spills while establishing tighter safety standards for offshore drilling operations.

She has also aggressively opposed increased offshore drilling and subsidies for oil companies, instead supporting additional research to spur investment in green jobs.

Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) 2018 budget increases spending for expanding offshore oil and gas drilling by more than $ 10 million through the national Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Progroil and gas drilling by more than $ 10 million through the national Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing ProgrOil and Gas Leasing Program.

Namely he asserts that offshore oil drilling will both increase US energy

The bill is likely to be a broad collection of provisions, including some in response to the gulf spill that would increase the liability caps on oil companies and impose tougher environmental and safety rules on offshore drilling.