Building the pipeline, reducing regulation and giving more deference to states that want to drill will assist “domestic energy production and create jobs, increase wages, make gas and electricity cheaper, and help us achieve and sustain 4-percent economic growth”, he said.
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“You can always find balance between the environmental well-being and American entrepreneurialism and American exceptionalism”, Bush said.
The former Florida governor will unveil his plan at the Pennsylvania offices of Rice Energy, an independent oil and natural gas producer that operates in the Marcellus and Utica shale formations.
If Bush was trying to make a useful point about school choice and other conservative ideas that have had a few success in Florida under his governorship, he stepped all over his message with his cavalier use of the free-stuff catchphrase.
The former president went on to remind potential donors that Jeb’s campaign “will have to publicly report how much money they have” next week, and that even a small donation of $25 to $100 will have an impact on the headlines generated by that disclosure.
“We do not have a supply problem in our energy sector”.
The White House’s Clean Power Plan has been the subject of controversy among energy firms in the United States, as it will force power plants to significantly reduce their emissions over the next 15 years.
Yes, Mr. Bush literally suggested African Americans are attracted to a presidential candidate under the promise of “free stuff”, which is just another name for handouts.
DeRay said that the 2016 Republican Primary contenders haven’t actually talked about race beyond issues like immigration as if the language “doesn’t exist for them”.
And in unveiling an energy policy that promotes natural gas development, he meant that literally. He is the right man at the right time to lead our nation.
Larry Schweiger, CEO of the statewide environmental group PennFuture, said Bush’s policy proposals come as no surprise. The more demand there is for a product, he said, the higher the price. “At least two states, Alaska and Virginia, have expressed an interest in further developing energy resources but have been thwarted or constrained by the Obama administration”. “And for the people to say the science is decided on this is just really arrogant”.
The plan includes lifting bans on oil and natural gas exports, approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline, a reduction in regulation and increased deference to states.
“There is great frustration and anger that the system is not working for anybody”, he said.
Jeb Bush has said that he believes global climate change is taking place, and that human activity contributes to it. But his energy plan appears to offer nothing for green energy sources such as wind and solar.
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The Republican presidential candidate will also praise the advances of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracking, a position that puts him in line with many in his party but squarely opposed to environmental activists.
