and so the u.s. ought to speed up getting off i took the navy and marine corps mainly off fossil fuels as a war-fighting measure. it is a national security issue. professor, is he right? well, i navy and the marine corps need fossil fuels, they need oil and gas. that has not changed. you know, aircraft fly on petroleum. and so going back to an issue of energy security, president eisenhower saw this in 1959 when he imposed an oil import quota. he saw that the united states would become vulnerable to cheaper oil supplies from foreign nations, and also that we re the high-cost producer. he wanted to make sure that we weren t terribly dependent upon foreign producers. this import quota was reversed by president nixon in the 70s, and ever since then we ve become more and more dependent upon not
Texas lawmakers fight Biden s executive order on climate change
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott holds up his executive order, directing every state agency to use all lawful powers and tools to challenge any federal action that threatens the continued strength, vitality and independence of the energy industry during a press conference in Midland.
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Texas lawmakers are speaking out after President Joe Biden signed an executive order halting new oil leases on federal lands and stopping construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.
Governor Greg Abbott traveled to the Permian Basin Thursday to meet with leaders of the oil and gas industries. He also announced a new executive order, aimed at battling the new regulations.