The Ted Cruz Energy Bill - Lots Of Jobs (employment, Congress, healthcare)
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Bridenstine (OK) has a companion bill in the House to Cruz's bill in the Senate.
1. Streamline the approval process for upgrading refineries, and building new ones
2. Open up the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve to oil development and expand energy development in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
3. Approve and allow the private sector to build Keystone XL Pipeline
4. Remove barriers to developing other pipelines and cross-border energy infrastructure
5. Phase out and repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard
6. Turn energy regulation of federal lands over to the states
7. Direct all additional revenues from drilling and exploration on federal lands exclusively to national debt reduction.
8. Expand the Outer Continental Shelf areas available for development, and streamline permitting for additional offshore exploration
9. Exclude greenhouse gases from regulation by the EPA and other federal agencies
10. Stop EPA regulations that will adversely impact coal and electric power plants
11. Preventing any EPA policy, rules or regulations from being passed which would have a negative impact on employment unless they are approved by Congress and signed by the President.
12. Facilitate LNG export permits and end the crude-oil export ban, and end “excessively broad environmental review” of coal-export terminal proposals
I see a lot of blue collar and white collar jobs here, especially in upgrading and building refineries and building and maintaining pipelines that won't go overseas. I wonder if the unions would support this bill.
Bridenstine (OK) has a companion bill in the House to Cruz's bill in the Senate.
1. Streamline the approval process for upgrading refineries, and building new ones
2. Open up the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve to oil development and expand energy development in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
3. Approve and allow the private sector to build Keystone XL Pipeline
4. Remove barriers to developing other pipelines and cross-border energy infrastructure
5. Phase out and repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard
6. Turn energy regulation of federal lands over to the states
7. Direct all additional revenues from drilling and exploration on federal lands exclusively to national debt reduction.
8. Expand the Outer Continental Shelf areas available for development, and streamline permitting for additional offshore exploration
9. Exclude greenhouse gases from regulation by the EPA and other federal agencies
10. Stop EPA regulations that will adversely impact coal and electric power plants
11. Preventing any EPA policy, rules or regulations from being passed which would have a negative impact on employment unless they are approved by Congress and signed by the President.
12. Facilitate LNG export permits and end the crude-oil export ban, and end “excessively broad environmental review” of coal-export terminal proposals
I see a lot of blue collar and white collar jobs here, especially in upgrading and building refineries and building and maintaining pipelines that won't go overseas. I wonder if the unions would support this bill.
I work in a refinery and seriously this is not partisan for the protection of families and the environment in the surrounding areas, you do not want to "streamline" upgrades to existing refineries or building new refineries.
Refineries are dangerous and complex places that deal with deadly chemicals, are near and use a body of water, have pipes running under ground. The number of pipe leaks we get alone if known by the public.... and that is with the current regulations.
You have vessels under extreme pressures and temperatures combined with the business environment to push those units to the breaking point of profitability by spending as little on their upkeep as possible.
As by products we produce deadly chemicals, suffocating and explosive gases, cancer causing chemicals.
Vessels can explode and take off like a rocket, we have acid that could spread and kill a lot of people.
So whatever else is in the Ted Cruz proposal, seriously he is wrong about streamlining the building and upgrading of refineries it is too dangerous.
So drill baby drill and exempt companies from regulations to make them cleaner and more efficient...and responsible for the mess they create.
That has lost a number of times....but like repealing Obamacare, the GOP tries the same thing over and over expecting different results.
It is dangerous as well. I work in a refinery, so I am not against building refineries or upgrading refineries, but I don't want to streamline anything.
No get as many people's eyes on those plans thinking about the environment and safety of the public as possible cause if things go sideways in a refinery potentially a lot of people can die and really hurt the environment horribly.
So drill baby drill and exempt companies from regulations to make them cleaner and more efficient...and responsible for the mess they create.
That has lost a number of times....but like repealing Obamacare, the GOP tries the same thing over and over expecting different results.
Before Obamacare Democrats always wanted social healthcare too. Ted Kennedy pushed for it just about every new congress. He had to wait until he was on his deathbed to see that. No one side is better/worse for being idiots when doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
Bridenstine (OK) has a companion bill in the House to Cruz's bill in the Senate.
1. Streamline the approval process for upgrading refineries, and building new ones
2. Open up the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve to oil development and expand energy development in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
3. Approve and allow the private sector to build Keystone XL Pipeline
4. Remove barriers to developing other pipelines and cross-border energy infrastructure
5. Phase out and repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard
6. Turn energy regulation of federal lands over to the states
7. Direct all additional revenues from drilling and exploration on federal lands exclusively to national debt reduction.
8. Expand the Outer Continental Shelf areas available for development, and streamline permitting for additional offshore exploration
9. Exclude greenhouse gases from regulation by the EPA and other federal agencies
10. Stop EPA regulations that will adversely impact coal and electric power plants
11. Preventing any EPA policy, rules or regulations from being passed which would have a negative impact on employment unless they are approved by Congress and signed by the President.
12. Facilitate LNG export permits and end the crude-oil export ban, and end “excessively broad environmental review” of coal-export terminal proposals
I see a lot of blue collar and white collar jobs here, especially in upgrading and building refineries and building and maintaining pipelines that won't go overseas. I wonder if the unions would support this bill.
We have been undergoing an energy renaissance for some years now.....
The biggest question is whether or not we repeal the ban on crude exports and allow more export of nat gas. It certainly has it's pros and cons, but I think we should export more.
It is dangerous as well. I work in a refinery, so I am not against building refineries or upgrading refineries, but I don't want to streamline anything.
I understood the streamlining to not be in the building or upgrading but the paperwork to do it. Am I wrong?
Turn energy regulation on federal lands over to the states-why do we think the states are capable of stewardship of federal lands before profits.
Stop all federal regulations that impact coal and electric power plants - clean air and water take a back seat to cheap power.
Why open the Alaskan Wildlife to development - do we have a petroleum shortage?
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