Flood year? Still too early to tell
January 31, 2012Alice Pinell Usie
February 2, 2012Dear Editor,
This past week, President Obama gave his State of the Union 2012 Address. Prior to his speech, the administration indicated the president would spotlight his energy policy. His speech comes on the heels of the State Department’s announcement last week that the Keystone XL pipeline permit would be denied. This project has the potential to generate over 20,000 jobs for our national economy, in a time where unemployment numbers have reached record levels.
President Obama and his administration continue to talk of job-creating energy policies, even mentioning in his opening lines of how ‘we should be in control of our own energy.’ However, red tape, regulations and moratoriums will continue for our industry unless the president’s so-called energy policies and his rhetoric actually begin to operate on a parallel track.
When we see the EPA scale back their attacks on hydraulic fracking, when the first shovel hits the ground for the Keystone project, and drilling in the Gulf is back to full speed n these will be strong indicators that the administration is truly doing everything they can to promote independence from foreign oil and provide clean energy for our nation’s future.
Don Briggs
President, Louisiana Oil and Gas Association
Baton Rouge, La.
