October 2012
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Executive Viewpoint
In the political climate our nation finds itself in leading up to November, it’s often hard to parse out the pandering from the policy. Both President Obama and Governor Romney’s energy talking points confirm the fact that our home-grown energy resources are one of America’s greatest assets. However, the Obama campaign cannot deny the administration’s paper trail on energy policy—a paper trail that is, without a doubt, punitive toward oil and natural gas production, especially here at home.
During the 2012 Democratic National Convention (DNC), President Obama said his administration has offered policies to “develop a hundred-year supply of natural gas that’s right beneath our feet. If you choose this path, we can cut our oil imports in half by 2020, and support more than 600,000 new jobs in natural gas, alone.”
