Josh Mandel on Energy & Oil

Use responsibly the natural resources we're blessed to have

Secure and reliable market-based energy supply

• Do you agree that a secure and reliable energy supply for Americans requires a strong and dynamic energy market, free from government distortions (including subsidies, tariffs, price controls, and unnecessary regulations)?
• [The SCF endorsed Mandel].

Aggressive and responsible exploration of Ohio's Utica shale

• In the Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Republic Steel to add 450 jobs to Lorain as oil and gas exploration booms."
• In the Marion Star: "Ohio national forest halts sale of drilling rights." The USDA suspended the auction of leases for oil and gas drilling on more than 3,000 acres of federal land in the most economically depressed region of Ohio.

Aggressive and responsible exploration of Ohio's Utica shale, combined with continued mining of more than 20 million tons of coal here every year, can revolutionize Ohio's economy. A September study for the Ohio Oil & Gas Energy Education Program found that production in the Utica shale formation has the potential to create more than 200,000 Ohio jobs by the year 2015.