The political party crying about inequality would enthusiastically discriminate against federal land states, slashing revenues for their state, county, and tribal governments, and harming those on low and fixed incomes. But at least their leader has a nice hairdo.
Real Clear Energy (8/30/20) opinion: "And we will continue to argue for policies that aid in our nation’s ability to keep energy abundant and decrease our dependence on countries with less robust environmental safeguards. For this reason, we reluctantly offer our strong opposition to the Democratic Party’s recently announced policy position that would eliminate future energy development on federal lands. Any policy which restricts U.S. energy supplies is anti-family, and will increase the already smothering financial pressure on those living on low or fixed incomes, or even worse, without incomes as a result of the pandemic. Energy produced on federal lands in western states generates revenue for state, county and tribal governments that fund essential government services such as healthcare, education and infrastructure. In CEA’s view, the platform as currently written includes unrealistic cost and job-creation assumptions, and fails to recognize the critical role that a robust and expansive energy policy must play in helping the U.S. recover from the COVID-19 crisis...One of COVID-19’s greatest – and perhaps least obvious – lessons is that the U.S. needs more energy, not less."
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"We risk a repeat of past experiences if we refuse to develop the energy infrastructure needed to unlock our full energy potential. The Trump Administration is committed to expanding pipeline development that will unleash our abundant domestic energy sources while providing choice, affordability, and reliability to consumers."
– Dan Brouillette,
United States Secretary of Energy
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