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Article: World Energy Comments on Alaskan Governor Parnell's Bold Statements in the Wall Street Journal.
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- Bioterrorism Week
- Article date:
- October 19, 2009
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Today Governor Parnell published an editorial in the Wall Street Journal making bold statements about the direction our energy policy should go and steps this administration should take to increase domestic supplies of oil (see also World Energy).
"The United States is now facing a decision on how to meet its future energy needs ... the U.S. Department of the Interior will weigh whether to allow oil and gas exploration on Alaska's Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) to be expanded." He continued with his reasoning. "First, increasing oil and gas exploration and production will create good-paying jobs for Americans ... Second, developing our own resources means that ...