Sarah Palin on Energy

• North America's largest private sector project - "I fought to bring about the largest private-sector infrastructure project in North American history. And when that deal was struck, we began a nearly $40 billion natural gas pipeline to help lead America to energy independence. That pipeline, when the last section is laid and its valves are opened, will lead America one step farther away from dependence on dangerous foreign powers that do not have our interests at heart. - Acceptance Speech at 2008 Republican National Convention - September 3, 2008

• America must produce more of its own energy - "The stakes for our nation could not be higher. When a hurricane strikes in the Gulf of Mexico, this country should not be so dependent on imported oil that we are forced to draw from our Strategic Petroleum Reserve. And families cannot throw away more an more of their paychecks on gas and heating oil.

  With Russia wanting to control a vital pipeline in the Caucasus, and to divide and intimidate our European allies by using energy as a weapon, we cannot leave ourselves at the mercy of foreign suppliers.

  To confront the threat that Iran might seek to cut off nearly a fifth of world energy supplies... or that terrorists might strike again at the Abqaiq facility in Saudi Arabia... or that Venezuela might shut off its oil deliveries... we Americans need to produce more of our own oil and gas.

  And take it from a gal who knows the North Slope of Alaska: We've got lots of both." - Speech at 2008 Republican National Convention -  September 3, 2008

• Returning Alaska oil revenues to the people - I'm pleased to report to Alaskans that in early August, our Alaska Legislature agreed to approve a one-time resource rebate that returns part of our resource wealth to Alaskans --the owners in common of these resources. The rebate will be a direct payment of $1,200 to each Alaskan eligible for the 2008 Permanent Fund Dividend. - Alaska Governor's Office: August 2008 Newsletter - August 20, 2008

• More pipelines, nuclear energy, coal, alternative - "Our opponents say, again and again, that drilling will not solve all of America's energy problems--as if we all didn't know that already. But the fact that drilling won't solve every problem is no excuse to do nothing at all.
  

  Starting in January, in a McCain-Palin administration, we're going to lay more pipelines... build more nuclear plants... create jobs with clean coal... and move forward on solar, wind, geothermal and other alternative sources." - Acceptance Speech at 2008 Republican National Convention - September 3, 2008

More from Sarah Palin on energy

• Drill offshore and in ANWR - 
• Question: The Congress is going to take their summer recess without a vote on rolling back the moratorium on drilling on shore and off shore. Nothing on ANWR, nothing on shale, nothing on the Outer Continental Shelf. What's your reaction to this?

  Answer: Well, it's pretty pathetic, that action that they've taken. Appreciate the president's call to lift the moratorium. Appreciate the president's call to drill in ANWR, to do all those things for American production opportunities. - CNBC's "Kudlow & Company" Interview - July 31, 2008

• Drilling in ANWR - 
• Question: When we talked about a month ago, you told me you were going to persuade Senator McCain to drill in ANWR. Now actually, McCain's come a long way on drilling Outer Continental Shelf. Have you yet talked him in to ANWR?
• Answer: I have not talked him in to ANWR yet. But yeah, he has evolved into being open enough to say yes to that offshore. Obama certainly hasn't gone there. We certainly need this. We need it for American security, & for energy independence. - CNBC's "Kudlow & Company" Interview July 31, 2008

• Drilling in ANWR - 
• Question: The governor of Alaska sent a letter to Senate Leader Harry Reid with a very clear demand--drill in ANWR now. Governor Sarah Palin is on the phone right now. Governor, I'm curious how you were received today, when so many of your constituents, I would assume, want to protect the land, not drill. How did it go today?
• Answer: I'll correct you there with all due respect--the people of Alaska understand that Alaska has so much to contribute in terms of energy sources to the rest of the US. Folks up here want ANWR to be unlocked by the federal government so that we can drill. We've got a tremendous amount of resource up here, and we're ready, willing and able to contribute. I think Washington doesn't understand that we're at a real critical crossroads: We are either going to become more and more dependent on foreign sources of energy, or we're going to be able to secure our nation and drill domestically for safe, stable, clean supplies of energy that we have here. We have them in Alaska. - Fox News Channel "Your World" with Neil Cavuto - June 27, 2008

• On Energy Independence - "What the GOP has got to do, on a real practical level, between now and the election, is to convince Americans that it is our energy policy that is best for our nation and the nation's future, that if we are to become energy independent and if we are to become a more secure nation then we had better start supplying our very, very hungry markets across the nation with American supplies of energy. The GOP agenda to ramp up domestic supplies of energy is the only way that we are going to become energy independent, the only way that we are going to become a more secure nation.

  And the GOP agenda is the right agenda in that respect, but the GOP is going to have to prove to Americans in following weeks that we can safely, responsibly and ethically develop these resources. That, of course, has been a problem for the GOP." - Q&A with Time Magazine's Jay Newton Small - August 14, 2008

More from Sarah Palin on energy

• Windfall profits tax prevents reinvestment - Palin [supported Obama's energy proposal but] questioned the means to pay for Obama's proposed rebate--a windfall profits tax on oil companies. In Alaska, the state's resource valuation system, ACES, provides strong incentives for companies to re-invest their profits in new production.

  "Windfall profits taxes alone prevent additional investment in domestic production. Without new supplies from American reserves, our dependency and addiction to foreign sources of oil will continue," Palin said." - Alaska Governor's Office: press release, "Obama Energy Plan" - August 4, 2008

• Developing domestic energy source - " Gov. Palin yesterday sent a letter to Senators and the Bush Administration advocating defeat of a bill that would prohibit oil and natural gas development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

  The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Joe Leiberman (I-CT), aims to designate ANWR as wilderness. Palin criticized the bill as it would effectively ban oil and gas exploration in the most promising unexplored regions in North America--the coastal plain of ANWR. In the letter, Gov. Palin states that national energy policy must include a variety of resources:

  "I don't see national energy policy as an either/or proposition," said Gov. Palin. "Rather, we need to develop secure domestic sources of conventional energy, such as oil & natural gas, while also researching and developing alternative and renewable energy."

  Gov. Palin reminded senators that opening ANWR to oil and gas exploration would reduce US dependence on foreign sources of oil, increase federal revenues and create hundreds of thousands of jobs." - Letter to members of the U.S. Senate & President Bush - November 10, 2007

• On biofuel development - "We urge you to allocate the maximum feasible level of funding for the programs in Title IX in the 2007 Farm Bill. If the nation is to pursue energy independence, we must look beyond traditional biofuels production. Governors urge Congress to include a strong energy title as part of the Farm Bill that provides technical and financial assistance to expand the use of farm and forest biomass for renewable energy production.

  Local production of renewable biomass energy benefits the national economy, promotes national and regional energy security and stimulates the rural economy through the creation of high quality jobs. Encouraging such production will require increased federal investment in programs that support cellulosic biofuels research, increased biodiesel production and use, increases in wind and solar energy and energy from animal wastes, improvements in energy efficiency, bio-based product development, effective carbon storage, and other renewable technologies." - Letter from two governors to Senate Committee on Agriculture - October 30, 2007

• On global warming -  

• Question: What is your take on global warming and how is it affecting our country?
• Answer: A changing environment will affect Alaska more than any other state, because of our location. I'm not one though who would attribute it to being man-made. - Q&A with Newsmax.com - August 29, 2008

More from Sarah Palin on energy

• Developing Alaska's natural gas energy - "Governor Sarah Palin today signed Administrative Order 242, directing the state Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Revenue to work cooperatively with any organization or entity committed to commercializing Alaska's North Slope natural gas.

  "This solidifies our commitment to facilitating an LNG project that is a product of market interest," Governor Palin said. "By committing both project capital and natural gas resources to a pipeline that would transport North Slope natural gas to tidewater, an LNG project can remain an integral element of the state's effort to deliver Alaska's gas to market." - Alaska Governor's Office: press release, "Admin. Order 242" - August 20, 2008

• Drilling in ANWR - " Gov. Sarah Palin released the following statement after Pres. Bush renewed his call to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil exploration in the face of surging gasoline prices: "Pres. Bush is right. Across the nation, communities are feeling the pinch of high energy costs. It is absurd that we are borrowing from one foreign country to buy oil from another. It is a threat to our national security and economic well-being. It is well past time for America to develop our own supplies." - Alaska Governor's Office: Press release 8-068, "ANWR" - April 29, 2008

• Developing Alaskan energy resources - " We need a comprehensive approach to long-term energy plans, not just fiscal "shots-in-the-arm." I'm appointing an Energy Coordinator, to activate a statewide Energy Plan. We'll use earnings from a $250 million "Renewable Energy Fund" for alternative projects, like hydro, wind, geothermal, and biomass. These projects cannot even flirt with snake-oil science--they will be real, doable, and economic. Alaska's plan can lead America toward energy security and a cleaner, safer world." - State of the State Address to the 25th Alaska Legislature - January 15, 2008

• On natural gas pipeline - "Governor Palin submitted the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA) to the Legislature on her 89th day in office. The legislation will act as a vehicle to get a natural gas pipeline built and bring the state's substantial gas reserves to market. The AGIA offers a number of inducements for those who hold gas leases and for those who want to build the line. In return, the state will provide a matching capital contribution and insist on the state's must-haves: project benchmarks, gas for Alaskans, expansion capabilities, and jobs for Alaskans. The state is committed to ensuring that Alaskans will be trained and ready to build the gasline. Governor Palin recently traveled to Washington D.C., where she received encouragement for the AGIA from Alaska's Congressional Delegation, FERC officials and members of the Bush Administration." - Alaska Governor's Office: press release, "100th Day" - March 13, 2007

• On Exxon Valdez spill - "Gov. Palin today encouraged Exxon Mobil to pay the $507 million in punitive damages plus interest awarded by the US Supreme Court to 32,000 plaintiffs in the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill lawsuit. "These people have suffered long enough," Gov. Palin said. "While Exxon may have the ability to delay payments, I strongly encourage them to bring this sad chapter in our history to a long-overdue conclusion. It is time to end the misery so everyone can move on."

  The Governor is hopeful plaintiffs will receive payments this fall. So far, though, Exxon has not indicated whether it will cut checks to plaintiffs right away, or seek further reductions in the award as the case goes back to the lower courts." - Alaska Governor's Office: Press release 08-106, "Exxon" - July 1, 2008

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