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Romney plan for handing drill permit decisions to states stirs debate in West | Fox News
Energy independence by 2020. Sweet. As opposed to Obama who said to Venezuela...
It's clear who has a better plan for energy independence. Romney.
One of the primary planks of Mitt Romney's energy plan is re-igniting a decades-old debate in the West about who should control access to fossil fuels on federal lands.
In a campaign speech in Hobbs, N.M., a few weeks ago, the GOP presidential nominee told the crowd, "I will set a national goal of North American independence by 2020. That means we produce all the energy we use in North America."
In addition to opening up new areas for offshore drilling, Romney says his energy independence goal can be accomplished by speeding up the time it takes to get permits to drill on federal lands. The way to do that, he says, is by putting state regulators in charge of the federal process just as they already are on state and private lands.
Energy independence by 2020. Sweet. As opposed to Obama who said to Venezuela...
...we want to be one of your best customers.
It's clear who has a better plan for energy independence. Romney.