"American Energy Renaissance Act" DISASTER by Senators Cruz & Bridenstine

http://bakken.com/news/id/235248/cruz-bridenstine-author-proposed-energy-bill/

Cruz, Bridenstine author proposed energy bill

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Okla, introduced on Wednesday the “American Energy Renaissance Act” that would rollback or end several federal regulations on the nation’s oil and gas industry.

The proposed legislation, introduced into the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, would leave the regulation of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to the states rather than the federal government.

HERE IS THE CORE of this BILL:
... proposed legislation would speed up the permitting process for new refineries, phase out and repeal the Renewable Fuel Standards over five years, end federal regulation of greenhouse gases that have been linked to global climate change, open up national reserves in Alaska and Native American reservations for oil and coal production, and immediately approve the Keystone pipeline, among others.

(snip) Opening federal lands to oil and gas development, allowing exports and infrastructure improvements, and stopping regulatory overreach will greatly expand U.S. energy production.”

(snip) Cruz said ".... will we instead shut off our borders, erect walls, and allow our friends and allies to be dependent on tyrants like Vladimir Putin or Nicolas Maduro? We need to come together in a bipartisan manner..."

(snip) Neither Cruz or Bridenstine addressed the possible environmental impact that the proposed legislation might have.