The Glading Plan for Energy Independence

Independent congressional candidate's
comprehensive energy plan draws contrast
with Andrews' "About 20 Percent" Plan

BARRINGTON – Dale Glading, candidate for U.S. Congress in New Jersey's 1st District, announced today his plan for energy independence, reaffirming a series of positions on critical energy issues that he has taken since he began campaigning in February.

Since the campaign began, Glading has outlined his positions on energy issues at two town hall meetings as well as in private interviews with the Gloucester County Times and the West Jersey Sierra Club.

Dale Glading on Offshore Drilling

Dale Glading supports allowing states to hold public referenda on permitting offshore drilling in their waters.

"There is a misconception about offshore drilling, that we'll be sitting on the beach in Ocean City looking at oil rigs," Glading told the West Jersey Sierra Club in July. "The fact is that any drilling would take place in the Outer Continental Shelf, fifty to one hundred miles away from shore. The people of New Jersey should have the right to vote in a public referendum as to whether that's something they want to explore."

Glading also commented on the environmental consequences of offshore drilling.

"We have the technological ability to drill safely and preserve our environment," Glading said. "The Chinese, for example, are already engaging in slant drilling off our shores. Ask yourselves this: who do you think will be more environmentally conscious – Americans or Chinese companies, the same people who put lead in our children's toys?"

Rob Andrews' "About 20 Percent of Our Energy Needs" Plan

Rob Andrews in his own words: "Well, I'm not for offshore drilling. I just don't -- I don't think it's necessary or appropriate. I think that we can exploit existing fields and cover about 20 percent of our energy needs." (Your World with Neil Cavuto, June 20, 2008)

With gas over $3.50 a gallon in most parts of the 1st District, Rob Andrews does not think responsible domestic drilling is "necessary or appropriate." After all, with his plan, we can "cover about 20 percent of our energy needs."

Perhaps the other 80 percent of Andrews' plan involves continuing to mortgage our country's future to the Chinese and the Saudis. Maybe when you make $457,000 a year like the Andrews clan, skyrocketing energy costs are no problem.

The other 98.6 percent of the 1st District that earns less than $100,000 a year deserves better than an "About 20 Percent" solution.

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Dale Glading on Alternative Energy

Dale Glading favors the expanded use of solar, wind, geo-thermal, tidal, and nuclear power.

Glading also supports advancements in technology that allow for the clean and environmentally responsible use of extensive American coal deposits. "It's been 39 years since we put a man on the moon, and I think we ought to have the technology by now to burn coal in a clean and environmentally conscious way," Glading told a local group of citizens.

Dale Glading on Energy & National Security

Dale Glading supports dramatically improving America's national security by reducing dependence on foreign oil and investing in renewable energy technologies produced right here at home.

Glading supports allowing limited and environmentally responsible drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and extracting existing shale oil deposits.

Dale Glading on Open Space and Conservation

"We also share a moral obligation to leave our children a healthy and safe planet," Glading said. Dale Glading is a strong proponent of our National Park System.

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