The effect is a moratorium on
shale energy jobs, shale energy economic growth and shale energy revenue for state and local governments.
Not exact matches
With the so - called
shale revolution catapulting the U.S. to one of the world's biggest producers, Trump has called for expanding exports and asserting the nation's
energy dominance to generate
jobs.
«However,
shale gas has huge potential in the UK, and is an opportunity to develop a new, homegrown
energy source that would displace foreign imports and create tens of thousands of
jobs.
Meanwhile, continued development of
shale oil and gas in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and elsewhere has helped reduce U.S. dependence on foreign
energy and brought back thousands of manufacturing
jobs.
Calling the rejection «disappointing,» the British
energy minister, Andrea Leadsom, said in a statement that «
shale gas has huge potential in the U.K. and is an opportunity to develop a new, homegrown
energy source that would displace imports and create thousands of
jobs.»
George Osborne, chancellor, has argued that
shale has «huge potential» to broaden Britain's
energy mix, create thousands of
jobs and keep
energy bills low.
The extraordinary growth in fracking — the hydraulic fracturing of deeply buried
shale rock to extract natural gas — has transformed the United States over the past 15 years, boosting
energy stocks, cutting pollution from conventional coal - power plants, and creating new
jobs.
It is estimated that U.S.
shale deposits contain 100 years of natural gas supply, a «game changer» that is rejuvenating America's chemistry industry — and can strengthen U.S. manufacturing, boost exports, create hundreds of thousands of new
jobs, and improve our nation's
energy security.
Participants also voiced concerns about the
job implications of the
energy transition, and the need for measures to shield regions that rely on the production of fossil fuel such as coal and
shale from the adverse consequences of the
energy transition.
Better yet would be to debate an
energy policy for the USA, including opening up exploratory oil and gas drilling including
shale deposits, limiting the exponential growth of regulations currently stifling new exploration, ending the EPA regulatory war on coal, reactivating the Keystone pipeline, etc.; these issues have direct impact on American
jobs and future
energy independence, both of which are more important issues for US voters (and presidential candidates) than any «climate» debate.
Fracking, in which millions of gallons of chemically treated water and sand are forced underground to break
shale rock and free trapped gas, has lowered
energy prices, created jobs, and enhanced national security, according to a task force formed by President Barack Obama's Energy Secretary Steve
energy prices, created
jobs, and enhanced national security, according to a task force formed by President Barack Obama's
Energy Secretary Steve
Energy Secretary Steven Chu.
The Hill (Congress Blog): The ongoing
shale oil renaissance and the United States» abundant natural resources has transformed our
energy landscape, allowing American consumers access to affordable fuel supplies and spurring significant investment and
job growth across our economy.
In the
energy markets, he said, «prices have been very low,» thanks to natural gas from
shale deposits, and the market is «doing the
job markets were intended to do.»
To streamline and ensure onshore
energy permitting, provide for onshore leasing certainty, and give certainty to oil
shale development for American
energy security, economic development, and
job creation, and for other purposes.
Instead, they import most of their natural gas from states like Pennsylvania, where hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus
shale has brought
jobs, prosperity, and lower
energy bills — New York's electric bills are 36 percent higher than neighboring Pennsylvania's.
It is estimated that U.S.
shale deposits contain 100 years of natural gas supply, a «game changer» that is rejuvenating America's chemistry industry — and can strengthen U.S. manufacturing, boost exports, create hundreds of thousands of new
jobs, and improve our nation's
energy security.
... We will unlock
job - producing natural gas, oil and
shale energy.»
This
shale gas is a «game changer» that is rejuvenating America's chemistry industry — and can strengthen U.S. manufacturing, boost exports, create hundreds of thousands of new
jobs, and improve our nation's
energy security.
The overall benefits from
shale energy production over the next few years are expected to be huge — 3.9 million new
jobs and $ 533 billion in additional GDP by 2025, IHS estimates.
In other words, the American
energy renaissance, and millions of
jobs and numerous economic benefits it has made possible, would not have happened if not for technological advances in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling that have unlocked previously inaccessible resources in
shale formations.
``...... * FIFTH, I will lift the restrictions on the production of $ 50 trillion dollars» worth of
job - producing American
energy reserves, including
shale, oil, natural gas and clean coal.
A 2013 IHS study found that
energy from
shale and other tight - rock formations supported 2.1 million
jobs in 2012, and that number was projected to increase to 3.9 million
jobs by 2025, including 500,000 manufacturing
jobs.
«Most oil production today is «
shale plays,» he says, pointing out that the price of oil isn't high enough for
energy companies to engage in offshore drilling, which would create more and better - paying
jobs.