The oil and
natural gas industry supports renewable fuels.
America's oil and
natural gas industry supports commonsense regulation, but a duplicative Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rule regulating methane emissions is a solution in search of a problem.
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«Now it's time for the government to unapologetically promote Alberta's emissions reduction successes to date and clearly articulate
support for the long - term growth of Alberta's energy
industry, including the oil sands, conventional production,
natural gas power, cogeneration and renewable energy.»
Pegula made his money in
natural -
gas development and the governor's administration is yet to make a decision on whether to allow high - volume hydrofracking in the state, a controversial extraction process that is
supported by the energy
industry, but staunchly opposed by environmental groups.
Reform groups including Citizen Action New York gathered in Albany on Monday to protest the outsized influence of the
natural gas industry on the state legislature's approach to hydrofracking, noting that the
industry has contributed more than $ 1.3 million to state legislators in an effort to buy
support for the controversial practice.
The
natural gas industry sees hopeful signs in a new poll that finds more New Yorkers now
support hydrofracking.
Industry and business groups that
support fracking have been running advertisements for the past several weeks, featuring real people who live in the Marcellus Shale region in New York's Southern Tier and who say they want the
natural gas drilling to begin.
Fossil fuel
industries collect some $ 4 billion a year in tax breaks and other aid, reports Taxpayers for Common Sense, a group of nonpartisan budget watchdogs — and that figure doesn't even take into account hidden forms of
support, such as the Pentagon's jet aircraft research and development that led to efficient new
natural gas turbines.
But fossil fuel advocates note that DOE
support has been critical to
industry advances, including developing the technology behind fracking, offshore drilling, and cleaner - burning coal and
natural gas power plants.
With the right energy policies, America's oil and
natural gas industry could
support as many as an additional 1 million American jobs in 2025 and as many as 2.3 million by 2035.
Climate activists are trying to rally folks around an extreme agenda of halting new fossil - fuel projects, denying
natural gas and oil
industry's financial
support by pressuring lenders and investors and pushing for a fast transition to renewable energy.
Despite opposition from environmental groups, the Obama administration apparently
supports the expansion of the
natural gas industry and the controversial technology of hydraulic fracturing.
Mike Ewall is the founder and director of Energy Justice Network, a national
support network for grassroots community groups fighting dirty energy and waste
industry facilities such as coal power plants, ethanol plants,
natural gas facilities, landfills and incinerators of every sort.
The U.S. oil and
natural gas industry provides energy security and economic benefits to our nation,
supporting more than 9.8 million jobs and contributing $ 1.2 trillion in added value to the economy.
And it has been critical in facilitating North American energy integration, which enhances U.S. energy security,
supports millions of American jobs in the oil and
natural gas industry, contributes to the U.S. economy, and helps make energy more affordable.»
A strong ethical case can be made that any political
support for
natural gas as a short - term bridge fuel should be conditioned on the
natural gas industry promising to stop lobbying against rapid scale up of renewable energy programs.
Industry, with the full
support of the administration, continues the fait accompli of radically expanded
natural gas fracking across the country, with serious unresolved issues about fugitive atmospheric methane emissions and the potential for contamination of drinking water aquifers — and with no adequate federal regulatory structure in place.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has just published a report showing that almost 9 % of all annual country budgets are spent
supporting oil,
natural gas and coal
industries through direct subsidies, consumer rebates and avoided taxes on pollution.
Because domestic energy is more abundant, Americans have renewed mobility — literally, in the form of cheaper gasoline that's largely the result of U.S. crude oil impacting global markets and economically, because of oil and
natural gas industry -
supported job creation and investment, and a manufacturing renaissance spurred by affordable fuels and feedstocks.
This pressure is coming not only from the
natural gas industry itself, but also from a surprising ally: the Environmental Defense Fund, which has
supported natural gas development as a «bridge» from coal to renewables.
The job of the state Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources (DCNR) is to balance competing interests: To maintain wild areas while at the same time
supporting extractive
industries such as timber, mining, oil, and
gas.
But the sharp drop in coal prices, under competition from cheap
natural gas, and a string of bankruptcies among leading US coal companies has inadvertently revealed the coal
industry's continued
support for climate denial - even as oil companies moved away from open rejection of the science.
The move came with the
support of the American Petroleum Institute, a
natural gas industry group.
The SRI
industry uses a variety of excuses for why it generally continues to
support fossil fuels, or to prefer
natural gas over oil as a «better» option, but the primary rationale seems to be one of doing less harm or favoring financial return rather than being truly concerned about ecological or human welfare.
Wind energy plans have been shrinking in the state, as the
industry faces a glut of cheap
natural gas from hydrofracking, uncertainty over federal
support and dwindling financing.
«The
natural gas and oil
industry supports millions of U.S. jobs and invests billions into the U.S. economy each year, and an updated tax code will allow our
industry to accelerate investments and help unleash economic activity.
The last time we checked, there were some 9.2 million Americans whose jobs were
supported by U.S. oil and
natural gas industry, including me.
Lead developers on multiple initiatives
supporting clients in the
natural gas pipeline
industry.