This includes everything from tapping our offshoreoil supplies and vast natural gas reserves, to doubling down on clean energy resources like wind and solar power, to developing new technologies that help us use less energy altogether.
Stephen Ball, chief executive officer of Lockheed Martin UK, owner of UK Seabed Resources, says the engineering experience of offshoreoilandgas operations and the trend to rising mineral prices have now combined to make seabed mining feasible.
The Republicans say he is blocking the exploitation of the country's energy resources, so he promised more exploitation of offshoreoilandgasand called for new tax credits for clean energy.
The House Natural Resources Committee Thursday approved an amendment to bar new offshoreoilandgas drilling permits to BP or any other company with a significant history of violating worker safety or environmental law.