AMERICAN ENERGY FREEDOM DAY MOVES US CLOSER TO ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
October 13, 2008
October 13, 2008
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- The office of Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., issued the following column:
You probably didn't realize it or may not have heard anything about it, but we celebrated American Energy Freedom Day on October 1. On that day, the congressional ban on oil shale exploration and offshore drilling expired, opening access to an estimated 14 billion barrels of oil and nearly 100 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in the deep waters off our nation's coast. Additionally, an e . . .
You probably didn't realize it or may not have heard anything about it, but we celebrated American Energy Freedom Day on October 1. On that day, the congressional ban on oil shale exploration and offshore drilling expired, opening access to an estimated 14 billion barrels of oil and nearly 100 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in the deep waters off our nation's coast. Additionally, an e . . .