America’s Choice: Policies, Infrastructure to Boost American Energy
Mary Schaper
Posted February 5, 2014
Newsworthy today: Former U.S. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar, speaking at the North American Prospect Expo in Houston, notes that hydraulic fracturing is, in part, the reason America is enjoying an energy boom that is making the country more energy secure and energy self-sufficient. Salazar:
“We know that, from everything we’ve seen, there’s not a single case where hydraulic fracking has created an environmental problem for anyone. We need to make sure that story is told.”Salazar also said the Keystone XL pipeline is a ‘win-win” for America:
“At the end of the day, we are going to be consuming that oil. So is it better for us to get the oil from our good neighbor from the north, or to be bringing it from some place in the Middle East?”
More industry news:
- The President and Keystone XL: Politics is All He Has Left: http://onforb.es/1irvzdW
- Lure of Oil, Natural Gas Industry Jobs Boost Enrollments at Front Range Universities: http://bit.ly/1g2TFdu
- T. Boone Pickens: Ohio Helping to Chart Nation’s Energy Path: http://bit.ly/1cVI8y0
- EIA: Global Demand, Inexpensive Natural Gas are Increasing Domestic Plastic Production: http://1.usa.gov/1fS5Rz9
- We Need Infrastructure to Suit the Energy Boom: http://bit.ly/1gNdACa
About The Author
Mary Schaper is a Digital Communications Manager for the American Petroleum Institute. She previously worked on Capitol Hill for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee as Digital Director and for Senator Lisa Murkowski. Before coming to D.C., she spearheaded digital strategy for Murkowski's successful Senate write-in campaign in 2010. Schaper enjoys traveling and taking in the local culture alongside her husband, their son and loyal springer spaniel.