Open Letter to 2020 Presidential Candidates
In an open letter to 2020 Democratic presidential candidates printed in The New York Times on February 24th, 54 executives from the western oil and natural gas industry responded to claims they are criminals who should be jailed. Contrary to the anti-oil and natural gas messages candidates are spreading to voters and the media on the campaign trail, Western Energy Alliance executives responded that it “would be criminal not to produce oil and natural gas.”
The full-page ad features a young boy studying by lantern light, one of the billion people worldwide who lack access to affordable, reliable electricity. Exports of American natural gas could help him and others suffering from energy poverty raise their standard of living. According to a recent report by the International Energy Agency, the United States again leads the world in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, largely because of increased natural gas electricity generation. In addition to the environmental benefits, abundant supplies of American natural gas have kept home heating prices so low that 11,000 deaths are averted annually during cold weather.
In an open letter to 2020 Democratic presidential candidates printed in The New York Times on February 24th, 54 executives from the western oil and natural gas industry responded to claims they are criminals who should be jailed. Contrary to the anti-oil and natural gas messages candidates are spreading to voters and the media on the campaign trail, Western Energy Alliance executives responded that it “would be criminal not to produce oil and natural gas.”
The full-page ad features a young boy studying by lantern light, one of the billion people worldwide who lack access to affordable, reliable electricity. Exports of American natural gas could help him and others suffering from energy poverty raise their standard of living. According to a recent report by the International Energy Agency, the United States again leads the world in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, largely because of increased natural gas electricity generation. In addition to the environmental benefits, abundant supplies of American natural gas have kept home heating prices so low that 11,000 deaths are averted annually during cold weather.
