Republicans are committed to meeting the challenge of long-term global climate change by relying on markets and new technologies to improve energy efficiency. These efforts will help reduce emissions over time while allowing the economy to grow.
Our President and our Party strongly oppose the Kyoto Protocol and similar mandatory carbon emissions controls that harm economic growth and destroy American jobs.
Source: 2004 Republican Party Platform, p. 71
Sep 1, 2004
Provide tax incentives for energy production
America needs a national energy strategy:
Increase domestic supplies of coal, oil, and natural gas.
Provide tax incentives for production.
Promote environmentally responsible exploration and development of oil and gas reserves on
federally-owned land, including the Coastal Plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Offer a degree of price certainty.
Advance clean coal technology.
Expand the tax credit for renewable energy sources.
Source: Republican Platform adopted at GOP National Convention
Aug 12, 2000
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