It says the administration stands by the best available science and values our natural heritage, our National Wildlife Refuge System and our nation's legacy of conservation stewardship of important federal lands over short-term economic profits, drilling and destructive development.
His fifty-nine point economic plan, which combines drill-drill-drill with tax reform, the repeal of Obamacare, and long-term fiscal retrenchment, would have little or no impact on the unemployment rate.
She went on to warn that the economic benefits of drilling being promoted by the oil industry are vastly overrated, especially given the risk drilling poses to existing coastal businesses.
It was close: the survey found that voters liked the potential economic benefits of drilling in the Marcellus Shale more than they feared possible environmental concerns by a 47-to-42 47-to-42 47-to-42 percent
In general, the knowledge base of the attendees was gratifying in that people took the time to get the facts and asked pertinent questions such as what will happen to tourism, a main economic driver, if drilling begins to color the landscape.
In legislation backed by the White House that is thick with arcane tax and economic-incentive schemes, drilling in the Arctic refuge in Alaska has become the most accessible symbol used by environmentalists to convey the clash between their priorities and those of the Bush energy plan.
For decades, too many Arab countries have opted to drill a sand dune for economic growth rather than drilling their own people -- men and women -- in order to tap their energy, creativity, intellect and entrepreneurship.
The new drilling makes economic sense as long as oil prices remain above $60 a barrel, according to oil companies.
