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Joe Biden
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  • Biden has not made his position on the Keystone Pipeline public. In September 2014 Biden said, "I am vice-president. So what I’ve learned to do, is not step on the president’s lines. I do have an opinion. I’ve made it clear to the president what my opinion is. But I am vice-president.”[1]
  • In 2012, Biden blamed poor fracking practices for causing earthquakes. He said, “We know we can get [natural gas and oil], but we have to do it environmentally soundly. There’s a thing called fracking. They’ve got to go crack the rock in order to get it out. You can environmentally do that well or you can environmentally do that poorly. If you do it poorly, you use up the water aquifer. You can create, in some cases the argument is, earthquakes."[2]
  • He voted "yea" "to invoke cloture on a bill that changes regulations and tax rates related to energy production, sale, and consumption" in 2008.[3]
  • He voted against an amendment that would have "permitted the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee to increase spending levels on certain energy-related programs, including the development of natural gas off the coast of Virginia and the development of oil shale resources on public lands" in 2008.[4]
  • Biden expressed his support for "cap and trade" in 2007.[5]
  • He voted in favor of the Energy Act of 2007.[6]
  • He voted in favor of a temporary tax on oil in 2005.[7]
  • He voted against an amendment that allowed off-shore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico in 2006.[8]
  • Biden opposed drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in 2003.[9]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Hill, "Biden mum on Keystone," accessed December 17, 2014
  2. ↑ Washington Times, “Biden blames fracking for earthquakes," April 3, 2012
  3. ↑ Vote Smart, “S 3044 - Increasing Taxes on Profits, Rescinding Certain Tax Deductions, and Increasing Tax Incentives for Alternative Energy Programs for Oil Companies - Key Vote," accessed November 24, 2014
  4. ↑ Vote Smart, “S Amdt 4207 to S Con Res 70 - Amendment on Certain Energy-Related Programs, Including the Development of Oil Shale and Offshore Natural Gas - Key Vote," accessed November 24, 2014
  5. ↑ On the Issues, "Joe Biden on Energy & Oil," accessed December 17, 2014
  6. ↑ Vote Smart, “HR 6 - Energy Act of 2007 - Key Vote," accessed November 24, 2014
  7. ↑ Vote Smart, “S AMDT 2626 - Temporary Tax on Crude Oil Amendment - Key Vote," accessed November 24, 2014
  8. ↑ Vote Smart, “S 3711 - Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 - Key Vote," accessed November 24, 2014
  9. ↑ Vote Smart, “S Amdt 272 - ANWR Oil Drilling Amendment - Key Vote," accessed November 24, 2014
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