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Modifications to Title VII

Friday, November 16 at 2:00 PM

Dick and Pidge Gray of Montrose writes:

After reading about the modifications to Title VII of H.R.3221, the “New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security and Consumer Protection Act” and having read about the problems in Port Arthur, TX as well as De Beque, CO, it appears to us that much needs to be done by both the House and Senate to come up with suitable regulations of the oil and gas industry. These regulations should be more stringent than what the industry now enjoys. We are concerned that without these regulations and their enforcement, there will continue to be much damage to the environment. Some of the modifications will cause the industry to better pay it’s way and relieve some of the taxpayers burdens. We are also concerned that our government really doesn’t care about the average people and their land. It also appears that the EPA has been severely limited in what it can do by the Executive branch. That needs to change.
Existing laws need to be enforced and new provisions need to be added to protect our nation’s health, especially in the areas of oil and gas drilling and refining. Also, our water supplies, both surface and sub-surface, need to be protected. We would also add that all vehicle mile-per-gallon standards need to be increased sooner than later.
Finally, we believe that renewable energy from geothermal, biomass, wind and solar means need to increase. We have a choice, either we make positive changes now and prolong our world or do nothing and let our world be destroyed as we know it.

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