Romney Will Destroy US Land

Romney in the presidential debate on October 3, 2012 said – oil and gas increases have been on private not government land and he’ll change that.

Paul Ryan voted on June 21, 2012 for HR 4480 Domestic Energy and Jobs Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior (SI) to annually offer for sale at least 25% of the known federal oil or gas fields or special tar sands areas (Alaska and off the coast of Virginia); authorizes the SI to identify additional federal lands to be leased and repeals the EPA’s designation of the Colville River Delta as an Aquatic Resource of National Importance. The Act establishes a Transportation Fuels Regulatory Committee (talk of reducing government only applies to the elimination of those agencies like the EPA and FDA that protect us) and prohibits delays and protests; as of October 1, the Senate had done nothing with HR4480. Ryan also voted May 5, 2011 for HR 1230 Offshore Leasing Act to increase drilling. On September 10 it’s reported Shell began drilling off the Alaskan coast.

In CNN Opinion’s October 6 report it said - Romney is right that Obama has not been willing to open up some public lands for oil drilling and coal mining. That is a good thing. If it were left up to people like Romney, there might be oil rigs in places like the Grand Canyon. That approach not only desecrates our nation's natural beauty, it is an unnecessary and excessive risk. The United States is on its way to being a net oil exporter, without jeopardizing the beauty and integrity of our public lands. Both conservatives and liberals should be happy with Obama's energy policies. Oil, coal and natural gas production is up, which should please the right. But energy efficiency and conservation is also up, which should please the left. Romney -- like his running mate, Paul Ryan -- sounds great when he is spinning his yarns about America under Obama. But he knows precious little about the renewable energy industry and is relying on Tea Party talking points to score cheap points, at the expense of America's clean energy entrepreneurs.

It’s time Republicans quit trading off the American people and America’s land for their friends and supporters.