All estimates of America's oil and natural gas reserves indicate an incredible bounty for the use of many generations to come. We should be pursuing our oil and gas resources both on and offshore. It is nonsensical to spurn real job creation by putting
almost all of our coastal waters off limits to energy exploration, while urging other nations to explore their coasts. We call for a reasoned approach to all offshore energy development, and support the right of States to a reasonable share of the
resulting revenue and royalties. We support opening the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) for energy development and ending the current Administration's moratorium on permitting; opening the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge (ANWR) for exploration and production of oil and natural gas; and allowing for more oil and natural gas exploration on federal land. We support this development in accordance with applicable environmental, health and safety laws, and regulations.
Republicans are committed to meeting the challenge of long-term global climate change by relying on markets and new technologies to improve energy efficiency. These efforts will help reduce emissions over time while allowing the economy to grow.
Our President and our Party strongly oppose the Kyoto Protocol and similar mandatory carbon emissions controls that harm economic growth and destroy American jobs.
Source: 2004 Republican Party Platform, p. 71
, Sep 1, 2004
Provide tax incentives for energy production
America needs a national energy strategy:
Increase domestic supplies of coal, oil, and natural gas.
Provide tax incentives for production.
Promote environmentally responsible exploration and development of oil and gas reserves on
federally-owned land, including the Coastal Plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Offer a degree of price certainty.
Advance clean coal technology.
Expand the tax credit for renewable energy sources.
Source: Republican Platform adopted at GOP National Convention
, Aug 12, 2000
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