Mr. Girling also said the project would "reduce the United States' dependence on foreign oil and support job growth by putting thousands of Americans to work".
The candidates, while talking tough about cutting our dependence on foreign oil, have supported some policies that seem inconsistent with that aim.
Renewable fuel sources not only reduce US dependence on foreign sources for energy, but support environmental stewardship through reduction of greenhouse gas production and promote rural development.
Stupidity would be to trade a dependence on foreign oil for one on foreign ethanol.
Approximately, 5%% of open-ended comments reported support to bioenergy because it would reduce dependence on foreign oil and increase national security, which were found to be major drivers of public support in the past studies [18, 21].
Controlling critical production offered wider strategic benefits and flexibility, avoiding dependence on foreign sources, enabling ship alterations and modernisation and supporting local suppliers.
For too long, our dependence on foreign oil has been one of the leading factors influencing American foreign policy.
The Web site for a campaign the group sponsors, www.stoputahlandgrab.org, ties SUWA's and Representative Hinchey's support for wilderness protection to increased dependence on foreign oil and to aid to terrorists.
The potential drilling, which the interior secretary, Sally Jewell, says is "a key part of the president's efforts to support American jobs and reduce our dependence on foreign oil", has dismayed his allies.
Political solutions to domestic problems like dependence on foreign oil do not depend on our elected representatives but on us.
