Why isn't expanded offshore drilling predicated on real movement toward
a tougher federal gas tax, at least one that is revenue neutral — something that even some ardent conservatives support?
Not exact matches
As was discussed here last Friday, President Obama has proposed using a tiny portion of
federal revenues from offshore oil and
gas production to build an «Energy Security Trust» to pay for the kinds of
tough or longer - term energy research projects that the private sector tends to neglect.
The Appalachian region has seen a steady decline in coal employment due a mixture of increased automation, cheaper coal from the Powder River Basin out west,
tougher federal environmental regulations and the rise of natural
gas and renewables.