Well some of us arent buying into your Bs Bo bo. You have put many many ppl here, Ak,& elsewhere in the US out of work & cost the country big money with your green anti fossil fuel agendas & minipulations bs.
And as i have said here before the more you hurt us the more you hurt you/ the gov & the country. Either your to dense to relize that or thats the plan.You havent done a dam thing but get in the way & stop & slow down what you could get away with.
( unlike brazil & your 2 billion bribe to them- we fill your big pockets now( maybe you have more to give away to non Us energy producers?)
And no matter what happens In the end-We will be here a lot longer then you will be in office.
Interior Department: Federal lands add billions of dollars, thousands of jobs to Wyoming
Interior Department: Federal lands add billions of dollars, thousands of jobs to Wyoming
By JEREMY FUGLEBERG Star-Tribune energy reportertrib.com | Posted: Monday, July 4, 2011 8:00 am |
Interior Department economic impact in Wyoming by the numbers
Jobs supported
- Energy and minerals: 98,244
- Grants: 15,037
- Recreation: 15,012
- Grazing and timber: 679
- Interior Department salaries: 707
- Total jobs: 129,679
Economic output
- Energy and minerals: $26.4 billion
- Recreation: $1.2 billion
- Grants: $1.2 billion
- Grazing and timber: $79.2 million
- Interior Department salaries: $73.3 million
- Total value: $29 billion
Source: Interior Department
The use of federal lands in Wyoming supported nearly 130,000 jobs and generated about $29 billion in economic activity, more than any other state, according to an Interior Department report.
Recreation, tourism and mineral development supported the most jobs and generated the most money in Wyoming, according to the report, released June 22.
Coal, gas, oil and other mineral activities supported more than 93,000 jobs and contributed $26.4 billion to the state’s economy. Recreation and tourism supported more than 15,000 jobs, the second-highest in the nation, and generated $1.19 billion, according to the report.
Wyoming’s No. 1 economic output ranking topped New Mexico, California, Colorado and Utah.
With 130,000 jobs supported by use of federal lands, Wyoming placed second behind Texas, where federal lands supported more than 257,000 jobs. The states topped Louisiana, California and New Mexico.
Federal lands managed by the Interior Department supported more than 2 million American jobs and contributed about $363 billion to the U.S. economy last year. That indicates the department is doing its part to boost the nation’s recovery from the Great Recession, said Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.
“This report demonstrates that the department also generates and supports private sector jobs and economic growth across the nation, underscoring how investing in recreation, conservation and energy development can play an important role in getting our economy moving again,” he said in a media release about the report.
Gov. Matt Mead, a Republican, applauded the department’s recognition of the value of public lands in the state and touted Wyoming’s multiple-use approach.
“In Wyoming, we have created a model that allows for energy, recreation, tourism, agriculture and other industries to flourish. We have found a balance that is inclusive and eschews the‘either-or’ situation,” he said. “I hope those in Washington will keep all this in mind when they make decisions regarding public lands.”
But Mead said the federal government could do more to generate jobs and boost the economy in the state.
“For example, right now the Park Service could do a lot for the communities outside Yellowstone by allowing more winter use inside Yellowstone in the future,” he said.
Wyoming’s all-Republican congressional delegation poked the Obama administration for promoting the economic impact of federal land use while failing in other ways to promote the creation of jobs.
“As the administration goes for a round of high-fives on its jobs numbers, Americans are not fooled by the empty rhetoric,” said U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis. “DOI’s job numbers could and should be a lot bigger.”
Despite the report, “The Department of Interior can do better,”said Elly Pickett, spokeswoman for U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi. She pointed to the offshore drilling moratorium that has “cost thousands of jobs.”
That moratorium, enacted by the Obama administration in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill last year, has since been lifted but critics have said the administration’s permit process is a de facto moratorium.
U.S. Sen. John Barrasso acknowledged the importance of public lands in the state, but said “we need to make sure those places remain open and available.”
“At the same time this administration has a lot to answer to in regards to its policies that are making it harder and more expensive to create new jobs,” he said.
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Obamy toots his horn, while putting ppl out of work & jobs in the energy industrys
