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Perry would throw open federal lands, slash EPA in new energy plan
Dallas Morning News ^ | 10/15/2011 | CHRISTY HOPPE

Posted on 10/15/2011 9:36:36 AM PDT by tobyhill

Rick Perry unveiled an energy plan Friday that he said would lead to a job boom but would also strip federal regulations for clean air and usher in an open season for drilling on federal lands and American coastlines.

Speaking outside a steel plant in suburban Pennsylvania, Perry rolled out his plan, designed to put him into the discussion with rival Mitt Romney’s 150-page jobs plan and Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 tax policy.

“The quickest way to give our economy a shot in the arm is to deploy American ingenuity to tap American energy. But we can only do that if environmental bureaucrats are told to stand down,” Perry said.

His said his plan would create 1.2 million jobs and help end the nation’s reliance on foreign oil.

It would open up millions of acres in Alaska — including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — and western states to oil and gas drilling. In addition, the Gulf Coast, the southern Atlantic coast, and Alaskan seas would be open, and the 1,700-mile Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL pipeline would be approved.

He said that other than the wildlife refuge, most of the lands could be thrown open through executive action and without congressional consent.

The other aspect of the plan deals with suspending large swaths of the Clean Air and Endangered Species Acts, dismantling the Environmental Protection Agency and cutting its budget by 60 percent.

(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...


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To: humblegunner

Yes, it does. because other stuff comes with the person who is doing it, and as much as I love you, I do not want that person to be Perry. OR romney. Or paul. or huntsman. Or gary johnson. Or Bachmann. And it won’t be Palin. SOOOOO


21 posted on 10/15/2011 10:00:22 AM PDT by MestaMachine (obama kills)
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To: ken21
a better idea would be to sell federal lands and pay off the national debt.

That's very sound. Private enterprise would be a far better steward of our country's resources than government. Unlike the liberal Ken Burns, I don't think the National Parks were America's best idea. It was socialism then and remains socialism now.

22 posted on 10/15/2011 10:00:34 AM PDT by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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To: tobyhill

Only one sector of the economy has added jobs since Obama became President. That area is mining. We have more oil and gas jobs and more oil and gas production than when he took office. And yet in this one area of success, the President doesn’t take any credit.


23 posted on 10/15/2011 10:07:11 AM PDT by Qout
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To: Candor7

Thanks for this story about Perry.


24 posted on 10/15/2011 10:08:04 AM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma
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To: MestaMachine
I do not want that person to be Perry. OR romney. Or paul. or huntsman. Or gary johnson. Or Bachmann. And it won’t be Palin. SOOOOO

It's a drain on my brain to deduce.. Cain?

I wouldn't mind Cain. But Perry may surprise you. He may not.

Bit early yet.

But that chump in the debates was NOT the Perry I've known.

I'm still waiting to see if that guy shows up, and this energy positioning is hardly a negative.

25 posted on 10/15/2011 10:08:13 AM PDT by humblegunner (The kinder, gentler version...)
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To: MestaMachine
The Con side is getting mighty full.

List them for me please.

26 posted on 10/15/2011 10:08:45 AM PDT by SunTzuWu
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To: tobyhill

I think DMN is incorrect.
Perry said that he could repeal much if Obamas EPA regulation with executive orders as the EPA is part of the executive branch of government.

Opening federal lands will most likely require congressional approval, and I believe Perry made that clear using ANWR as an example.

DMN is scaremongering tree huggers with this article.


27 posted on 10/15/2011 10:09:17 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: MestaMachine

Perry has been working for energy production for way longer than Sarah.


28 posted on 10/15/2011 10:12:01 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: tobyhill
Would he throw the lands open to Americans, or just Mexicans?

Cheers!

29 posted on 10/15/2011 10:12:48 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: MestaMachine
Sarah isn't whipped like Perry is.

Cheers!

30 posted on 10/15/2011 10:13:48 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Qout

Obama has been systematically shutting down drilling and coal mining.

He deserves no credit. He deserves damnation.


31 posted on 10/15/2011 10:16:38 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: cripplecreek
Hah!

I thought I was reading what you were thinking at the time until I read the name at the bottom. ; )

It's an excellent agenda!

32 posted on 10/15/2011 10:18:22 AM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: grey_whiskers

What stunning intellect!


33 posted on 10/15/2011 10:18:22 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: grey_whiskers

Haha I love that shirt. Is it for sale somewhere? I have a bachelor party coming up..... I think that’d be perfect for the victim (I mean Groom haha).


34 posted on 10/15/2011 10:21:33 AM PDT by FourtySeven (When does the race card run out of credit?)
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To: tobyhill

GREAT!


35 posted on 10/15/2011 10:23:09 AM PDT by kcvl
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To: tobyhill

It really is the first thing he’s said or done in weeks that I know of that I can agree with 100%.


36 posted on 10/15/2011 10:23:47 AM PDT by Grunthor (Isn't Herman Cain just Steven Urkel at 65?)
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To: tobyhill

I wish he would sell this as a greater economic plan too because the high cost of energy is likely one of the largest economic problems we have right now. It shows up in the price of everything, especially groceries, and the energy plan would give people some extra disposable income.


37 posted on 10/15/2011 10:24:30 AM PDT by dajeeps
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To: Candor7

“Perry is the remaining conservative candidate.”

No, he simply is not.


38 posted on 10/15/2011 10:25:18 AM PDT by Grunthor (Isn't Herman Cain just Steven Urkel at 65?)
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To: FourtySeven
http://www.printfection.com/shop/shirts/Women%27s+T-Shirt/product.4945214/show_sideid.9501980

Cheers!

39 posted on 10/15/2011 10:32:33 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: dajeeps
I wish he would sell this as a greater economic plan

He is.

Standby for phase 2 of the plan.

You are correct that the price of energy effects everything.
That is why it is the first thing Perry would address as President.

40 posted on 10/15/2011 10:32:37 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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