As Gov. Walker pushes the state and country toward further dependency on oil and the despotic, murderous regimes it supports, new figures from the Energy Information Administration show a tiny, tiny increase in domestic oil production. The increase is not enough to even hint that Walker’s road-only policies are good ones, and the increase comes mostly from a jump in environmentally damaging shale production. Nothing to feel much good about here.
The American Energy Act is about as bad as it gets, so of course US Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner (R-Menomonee Falls) is a co-sponsor.
As Think Progress notes, the bill would deal with the issue of global warming simply by prohibiting the regulation of greenhouse gases. The bill is very specific: ”The impact of greenhouse gas on any species of fish or wildlife or plant shall not be considered for any purpose in the implementation of this Act.”
Problem solved.
Also promoted by the bill: more drilling in the Arctic and on the outer continental shelf and more nuclear power.