Governor's State of the State speeches, early 2000s: on Energy & Oil
Haley Barbour:
Supports $1.3 billion coal gasification plant
East Mississippi is healthy, but I believe there are more opportunities, and we are focused on them. The announcement of the Mississippi Power $1.3 billion coal gasification plant in Kemper County and continued strong performance on I-20 and Neshoba
County show the Meridian area is moving forward. Katrina reconstruction plus the building of a more than $1 billion Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility near Richton will fuel more job growth.
Source: State of the State address to 2007 state legislature
Jan 15, 2007
George Pataki:
Reduce expensive, polluting, terror-promoting foreign oil
For more than a decade, we in New York have been aggressively pursuing the solutions to one of our generation's greatest challenges--reducing our dependence on expensive, polluting, terror-promoting foreign oil.
We don't have to look far for evidence that the time to transition away from foreign oil is now--it is right there on the gas pumps and in our home heating bills.
Not just here in New York, but across the nation, our reliance on foreign oil is hampering the financial freedom of our working families and their employers; it is hurting our economy,
damaging our environment and enriching regimes that support, harbor and encourage the terrorists who threaten our national security.
Source: State of the State address to 2006 New York Legislature
Jan 4, 2006
George Pataki:
Make renewable fuel tax-free, for mass transit & cars
Because of the investments we have made in mass transit, we already have the most efficient transportation system in America, but we can do more--much more. Our transportation system is still over 90% dependent on petroleum products. The huge price
increases we have seen at the pump are likely to get worse as developing countries like China and India consume an increasing amount of oil.Later this session, I will propose a plan to jumpstart a new era of statewide availability and use of renewable
fuels--ensuring that more of our energy dollars stay right here in New York. It begins with an initiative to make renewable fuels available at service stations all across the state, starting with the N.Y.State Thruway.
And then, it goes a step further,
by making that renewable fuel tax-free throughout the entire State of New York. This plan will also provide for the establishment of refineries that make ethanol out of agricultural products from our farms and wood products from our northern forests.
Source: State of the State address to 2006 New York Legislature
Jan 4, 2006
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