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Pearce Writes Group Regarding Udall’s Restriction on Energy Development

June 18, 2008

Washington - Today, Congressman Steve Pearce, candidate for U.S. Senate, sent a letter to Barry Russell, President of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, to highlight recent action taken to cut off access to enormous domestic supplies of energy.

"The extraction and development of oil shale offers a significant opportunity to lower the cost of energy for consumers without becoming more dependent on foreign oil," wrote Pearce. "I find Mr. Udall's attempt to lock up our resources at this time surprising and the wrong direction for the country. "

According to Inside EPA, a publication that tracks environmental and energy news, Tom Udall recently submitted language to a spending bill that "prevents the the Bureau of Land Management from finalizing a regulation to allow leases to extract oil from shale". The Department of Energy reports the U.S. has more than two trillion barrells of shale oil, 70% of which is on federally owned or managed land. The inclusion of this language by Rep. Udall continues his long record of supporting policies that restrict access to America’s own energy supply. He has consistently voted against developing America's deep water resources as well as energy supplies in ANWR while the cost of a gas soars to record prices.