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Romney to declare goal of North American energy independence by 2020

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will lay out policies on Thursday aimed at achieving North American energy independence by 2020 by pursuing a sharp increase in production of oil and natural gas on federal lands and off the U.S. coast.

 

Exxon's CEO: Climate, energy fears overblown

ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson says fears about climate change, drilling, and energy dependence are overblown... Tillerson blamed a public that is "illiterate" in science and math, a "lazy" press, and advocacy groups that "manufacture fear" for energy misconceptions in a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations.

 

Obama links economic growth to energy independence

Obama links economic growth to energy independence

Linking economic growth and energy independence, President Barack Obama says shifting the country away from imported oil and toward cleaner forms of energy will help continue a trend that has led to 1.8 million new jobs in the past 13 months.

 

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