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Rick Perry presidential campaign, 2016/Natural resources
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 Rick Perry |
Governor of Texas (2000-2015) Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1998-2000) Texas Agriculture Commissioner (1990 - 1998) Texas House of Representatives (1984-1990) |
 Republican candidate: |
2028 • 2024 • 2020 • 2016 |
This page was current as of the 2016 election.
Energy production
- Speaking at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in Oklahoma City, Rick Perry advocated for the increased export of American energy as a foreign policy tool against Russia. Perry stated, "I would flood Asia and Europe with the United States’ liquefied natural gas to send a powerful message to Mr. Vladimir Putin. We need to send him a message: Mr. Putin, if you’re going to use energy as a weapon, the United States is going to deploy the largest arsenal."[2]
- In October 2014, Rick Perry called for "an end to all restrictions on exporting crude oil and natural gas."[3]
- In a letter to President Obama in May 2014, Perry criticized his administration for "waging a war on coal, kicking the can down the road on the Keystone XL pipeline and creating obstacles to onshore and offshore oil and gas production." Perry expressed concerned that the Environmental Protection Agency's Mercury and Air Toxics Standard and Cross-State Air Pollution Rule were negatively impacting the coal industry.[4][5]
- Perry recommended the Obama administration adopt "the Texas approach." Perry explained, "One-size-fits-all mandates are blunt instruments, serving only to curb innovation and diminish the opportunity and livelihood of American citizens. Texas employs a true all-of-the-above energy strategy, producing one third of the nation's crude oil and natural gas and accounting for more than one quarter of the nation's petroleum refining capacity. Texas produces more electricity than any other state with natural gas, coal, nuclear, wind, solar, biofuel and hydroelectric generation. We've also installed more wind energy capacity than any other state and all but five countries."[5]
Fracking
- In January 2015, Rick Perry spoke before a joint session of the Texas Legislature, praising Pennsylvania's and Texas's approaches to fracking. Perry said, "But if you wonder whether leadership in a governor’s office can impact economic growth, consider two states that share the Marcellus Shale: Pennsylvania and New York. Pennsylvania is creating thousands of energy jobs by utilizing fracking to tap deep energy reserves. On the other hand, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, recently announced a fracking ban. Two states, two vastly different approaches. One creates jobs. One appeases a political base at the expense of the people. In Texas, we have chosen jobs. We have chosen energy security and we will one day end America’s dependence on hostile sources of foreign energy."[6]
- When Perry signed the Texas Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids Disclosure Act into law in June 2011, Texas became the first state to require drillers using hydraulic fracturing processes to disclose what chemicals are used.[7]
Keystone XL Pipeline
- When Rick Perry formally announced his presidential campaign on June 4, 2015, he stated, "On day one, I will...sign an executive order approving the construction of the Keystone Pipeline."[8]
- In February 2012, Perry wrote an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal regarding President Obama's rejection of a pipeline running from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast. Perry suggested China will benefit from the new source of energy, while the United States is forced to depend "on oil from volatile nations in the Middle East, where unrest, chaos and Iran's threats to block the oil supply moving through the Strait of Hormuz are driving gas prices ever closer to $4 a gallon."[9]
Cap and trade
- In 2009, Rick Perry opposed the Waxman-Markey energy bill, formally known as the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. He asserted the bill's program to cap and reduce carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gases would increase energy costs and "precipitate an economic disaster in the state of Texas."[10][11]
Environmental Protection Agency
| Perry announces lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency in February 2010. |
- While speaking in Pittsburgh in 2011, Rick Perry called for reform of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) "so that it focuses on regional and cross-state issues, providing scientific research, as well as environmental analysis and cost-comparison studies to support state environmental organizations." Perry also wanted to "return greater regulatory authority to the states to manage air and water quality rather than imposing one-size-fits-all federal rules."[12]
- Perry sued the EPA in 2010 to challenge its finding that carbon dioxide is an air pollutant that must be regulated along with other greenhouse gases. The case reached the Supreme Court which held in 2014 that the EPA could regulate greenhouse gas emissions produced by certain large "stationary sources" under the Clean Air Act.[13][14][15]
- In Perry's 2010 book, Fed Up!: Our Fight to Save America from Washington, Perry lambasted the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for issuing federal standards that overruled preexisting Texas state law. Perry wrote, "Given Texas's record of successfully reducing air pollution, it is clear the EPA's takeover is about only one thing: control."[16]
Environmental protection
- In 2013, Perry vetoed a bill that would have created "a panel to oversee the state’s response to the listings on the Endangered Species Act."[17]
Recent news
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See also
Footnotes
- ↑ CNN, "Rick Perry launches comeback White House bid," June 4, 2015
- ↑ The Oklahoman, "June 2, 2015
- ↑ The Hill, “Rick Perry calls for unlimited oil exports," October 9, 2014
- ↑ The Texas Tribune, "In Letter, Perry Faults Obama's Energy Policies," May 19, 2014
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Texas Tribune, "Letter to the Honorable Barack Obama," May 16, 2014
- ↑ The Texas Tribune, "Annotation: Perry's Farewell Speech," January 15, 2015
- ↑ Forbes, "Why the Texas Disclosure Law Really Does Work," February 4, 2013
- ↑ TIME, "Transcript: Read Full Text of Rick Perry’s Campaign Launch," June 4, 2015
- ↑ The Wall Street Journal, "Texans Are Baffled by the Keystone Decision," February 13, 2012
- ↑ The New York Times, "Texan Sees ‘Economic Disaster’ in Climate Bill," September 22, 2009
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.2454 - American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009," accessed June 11, 2015
- ↑ Perry for President, "Pittsburgh: Gov. Rick Perry’s Full Remarks on Energizing American Jobs," October 14, 2011
- ↑ NPR, "Gov. Rick Perry To EPA: Don't Mess With Texas," February 19, 2010
- ↑ SCOTUSblog, "Texas v. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 12-1269," accessed June 11, 2015
- ↑ SupremeCourt.gov, "Utility Air Regulatory Group v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al., No. 12-1146," June 23, 2014
- ↑ Perry, Rick. (2010). Fed Up!: Our Fight to Save America from Washington. New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company. (pages 89-92)
- ↑ The Dallas Morning News, “Gov. Rick Perry’s vetoes of ethics bills, investigation funding draw loud protests," June 17, 2013
