WASHINGTON D.C. — IER President Thomas Pyle sent letters to all 50
U.S. governors this week, detailing how pro-growth policies for energy
development on federal lands could redound to the economic prosperity of
their states.
The letters represent the next phase of IER’s nation-wide strategy to
educate policy makers and the American people about the opportunity for
economic prosperity that more oil and gas leasing on federal lands
would create. In each letter, Pyle references state-specific data
concerning budget deficits and prolonged unemployment to bolster the
case for expanded energy production on federal lands.
Citing facts from IER’s recently released report, “Beyond
the Congressional Budget Office: The Additional Economic Effects of
Immediately Opening Federal Lands to Oil and Gas Leasing,” Pyle
challenged the governors that it is their “duty to fight for public
policies that improve the standard of living” for their states’
residents. By embracing a pro-growth agenda for energy development on
federal lands, the states can “create real opportunities for high-paying
jobs and drastically increased tax revenues.”
READ MORE: http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2013/03/21/ier-president-urges-u-s-governors-to-support-pro-growth-energy-policies/
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