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Jeffrey Grybowski stated on August 04, 2013 in a television interview:
Offshore wind power is "significantly less expensive than solar energy."
By Gregory Smith• August 31, 2013
James O'Neil stated on September 01, 2013 in an appearance on "10 News Conference.":
"Wind power is the most undependable form of renewable energy."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• September 8, 2013
Instagram posts stated on January 25, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Wind farm construction is a possible cause of dead whales washing ashore in New Jersey.
By Tom Kertscher• February 8, 2023
U.S. Energy Department stated on September 05, 2025 in a post on X:
“Wind and solar energy infrastructure is essentially worthless when it is dark outside, and when the wind is not blowing.”
By Louis Jacobson• September 9, 2025
Duane Hall stated on August 23, 2016 in a tweet:
North Carolina’s coast "is possibly the best place in (the) U.S. for an offshore windfarm."
By Will Doran• September 9, 2016
Herman Cain stated on October 04, 2011 in his book, "This is Herman Cain! My Journey to the White House":
The Department of Energy’s "Billion Ton Study" has shown that wind and solar energy combined "could at best provide only 5 percent of our total energy needs."
By Willoughby Mariano• October 18, 2011
Brian Schweitzer stated on August 26, 2008 in :
McCain's energy plan is a "single-answer proposition" — new domestic oil drilling.
By Robert Farley• August 27, 2008
Patrick Lynch stated on June 20, 2010 in an appearance on Newsmakers:
"Deepwater's own testimony . . . is they said they'll create six jobs."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• September 17, 2010
Bill Nelson stated on November 16, 2016 in a Senate floor speech:
Says Donald Trump said he intends "to open up additional areas off the coast to oil drilling" during the campaign.
By Amy Sherman• November 22, 2016
Tim Kaine stated on August 13, 2016 in :
On drilling off the Atlantic coast
By Sean Gorman• August 29, 2016
Kristi Noem stated on February 02, 2025 in an interview:
At Guantánamo Bay, “we'll have the capacity to continue to do there what we've always done. We've always had a presence of illegal immigrants there that have been detained.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 9, 2025
Edward Markey stated on April 20, 2017 in a tweet:
"Trump looking to open up E Coast & new areas for offshore oil drilling when Congress has passed no new safety standards since BP"
By Amy Sherman• April 21, 2017
Bob McDonnell stated on January 27, 2010 in the Republican response to the State of the Union:
"Here in Virginia, we have the opportunity to become the first state on the East Coast to explore for and produce oil and natural gas offshore."
By Aaron Sharockman• January 28, 2010
Barack Obama stated on August 01, 2008 in :
On offshore drilling.
By Robert Farley• August 5, 2008
Joe Biden stated on September 07, 2020 in a Labor Day event:
Says Donald Trump “let federal contractors double offshoring jobs in his first 18 months in office.”
By Jon Greenberg• September 14, 2020
Bill Maher stated on May 02, 2010 in an interview on ABC News' 'This Week':
"Brazil got off oil in the last 30 years."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 2, 2010
Chris Ruddy stated on December 03, 2017 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos":
Says "$3 trillion in offshore money... is coming back into the economy" because of the GOP tax bills.
By Jon Greenberg• December 5, 2017
Austin Scott stated on October 05, 2010 in a TV campaign commercial:
Said U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall, D-Macon, sent nearly $2 billion overseas to build wind turbines and create jobs, mostly in China
By Willoughby Mariano• October 19, 2010
Rick Scott stated on January 09, 2018 in a press conference:
On expanding offshore oil drilling
By Amy Sherman• January 10, 2018
Donald Trump stated on May 05, 2020 in an interview on ABC:
Models projecting COVID-19 deaths “are talking about without mitigation.”
By Amy Sherman• May 6, 2020

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