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Joe Biden possible presidential campaign, 2016/Natural resources

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Keystone XL Pipeline
  • In September 2014, Joe Biden declined to publicly state his position on the Keystone XL Pipeline. He 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]
Fracking
  • In 2012, Joe 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]
Energy production
  • At an international solar energy conference in September 2015, Joe Biden encouraged the use of sustainable energy sources to boost the economy and minimize America’s reliance on fossil fuels. “The idea that we don’t think renewable is so critical to the future of this country and we won’t do everything to grow this industry is absolutely absurd. It really is absurd,” said Biden. “Our children and our grandchildren are going to look back on this period and this debate and wonder what were they debating about. … The stakes are too high for shortsighted politics and short-term policy decisions.”[3]
  • In March 2008, Biden voted against an amendment to the budget "[t]o establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve energy efficiency and production."[4][5]
  • In 2007, Biden voted in favor of the HR 6 - Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, an omnibus energy legislation which became law on December 19, 2007, and addressed energy efficiency standards across several industries.[6][7]
  • Biden voted against S 3711 - Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006, which provided for the exploration and development of mineral resources in the Gulf of Mexico.[8][9]
Climate change
  • While speaking at the Clean Energy Investment Summit in June 2015, Joe Biden said "the single most important thing" he and President Barack Obama will do "is to actually get a handle on climate change."[10]
  • In March 2015, Joe Biden described the denial of climate change as "close to mindless." He added, " I think it’s like, you know, almost like denying gravity now. The willing suspension of disbelief can only be sustained so long."[11]
Cap and trade
  • The Obama-Biden New Energy for America plan, initially presented in 2008, seeks to "[i]mplement an economy-wide cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050."[12]
Environmental protection
  • In 2003, Joe Biden Biden voted in favor of an amendment to the budget "to prevent consideration of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge."[14][15]
  • In the 1990s, Biden advocated for Delaware to get its first national park. With Biden's support, President Obama established one in March 2013.[16][17]

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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. ↑ Los Angeles Times, "At L.A. summit, Biden says it's time to 'end debate' on climate change," September 16, 2015
  4. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.Amdt.4207 to S.Con.Res.70," accessed July 17, 2015
  5. ↑ Senate.gov, "Roll Call Vote for S.Amdt. 4207 to S.Con.Res. 70," accessed July 17, 2015
  6. ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.6 - Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007," accessed July 17, 2015
  7. ↑ Senate.gov, "Roll Call Vote for H.R. 6 (CLEAN Energy Act of 200)," accessed July 17, 2015
  8. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.3711 - Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006," accessed July 17, 2015
  9. ↑ Senate.gov, "Roll Call Vote for S. 3711 (Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006)," accessed July 17, 2015
  10. ↑ CNS News, "Biden: Most Important Thing Obama Can Do Is Get a Handle on Climate Change," June 17, 2015
  11. ↑ The Hill, "Biden: Climate skepticism ‘like denying gravity’," March 6, 2015
  12. ↑ Change.gov, "The Obama-Biden Plan," accessed July 17, 2015
  13. ↑ League of Conservation Voters, "Senator Joe Biden (D)," accessed July 17, 2015
  14. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.Amdt.272 to S.Con.Res.23," accessed July 17, 2015
  15. ↑ Senate.gov, "Roll Call Vote for S.Amdt. 272 to S.Con.Res. 23," accessed July 17, 2015
  16. ↑ U.S. News & World Report, "Delaware's Carper Pushes Biden's Plan for a National Park," August 3, 2009
  17. ↑ National Park Service, "Secretary Salazar Applauds Establishment of Delaware’s First State National Monument ," March 17, 2013
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