jop orange tphaeulted bills to start drilling? where do you see that going? i know it s a bi-partisan issue at times but i think even rational democrats when they look at the environmental record of u.s. drillers versus foreign drillers, when they look at our national security needs, and even considering what has just happened in japan, we do run the risk here that we are certainly not going to build a nuclear plant any time soon, and the hundred nuclear plants we have in the united states may like in germany be shut down. we have an energy need, and if we don t do it then the 125 forecast for memorial day will be light, it will be higher than that and that is not right to the economy. martha: what would that translate to at the pump. about $4.50 a gallon at the pump. martha: joe petrowski thank you so much. good to have you here, coe of gulf oil. let s bat this around a little
back and say that s too much overreach into our responsibilities as states. necessarily here in the west, we have a significant overreach when it comes to public lands. this land could be the first test, it s the grand staircase national monument, nearly 2 million acres here in southern utah. there s an estimated 1 trillion dollars worth of coal reserves underneath part of the federal land. and some in this state, want their right to tap it. we need it now. we have an energy need and clearly, what we see happening in the gulf, you know, just amplifies the need to have opportunities inland for development of energy resources. so, taking that out of production is a significant blow to the economic opportunity of utah and the energy stability of america. ors say the land should never be touched and that the law is unconstitutional. utah law professor patrick shea, a former clinton administration bureau of land management director thinks
a right to its own land, and just over 6 % of the state is controlled by washington. the federal government is encroaching a little too much into the areas of state responsibility and it is time to push back and say, that is a bit too much overreach into our responsibilities as states and certainly here in the west we have a significant overreach when it comes to public lands. eric: this land could be the first test. if the grand staircase escalante monument, there is an estimated $1 trillion of coal reserves beneath part of the federal land, and some in the state want the right to tap it. we need it now. we have an energy need and clearly, what we see happening in the gulf, you know, amplifies the need to have opportunities inland for development of energy resources. so, taking that out of production is a significant blow to the economic opportunity of utah, and the energy stability
we need it now. we have energy need and what we see happening in the gulf amplifies the need to have opportunities inland for development of energy resources. others say the land should never be touch and the law is unconstitutional. the utah law professor patrick shay, former clinton administration bureau of land director thinks defending the law in court is waste of resources. we re laying off teachers and freezing salaries and cutting back on the food stamp program and to now take away from the least advantage to waste it on legal battle you will lose doesn t make sense. the department of interior is reviewing the legislation. i m eric shawn, fox news. shannon: today in missouri, president obama declared the economy is moving in the right direction. many people say the new healthcare law is sending it in the wrong direction. chief washington correspondent jim angle
right to tap it. we need it now. we have energy need and what we see happening in the gulf amplifies the need to have opportunities inland for development of energy resources. others say the land should never be touch and the law is unconstitutional. the utah law professor patrick shay, former clinton administration bureau of land director thinks defending the law in court is waste of resources. we re laying off teachers and freezing salaries and cutting back on the food stamp program and to now take away from the least advantage to waste it on legal battle you will lose doesn t make sense. the department of interior is reviewing the legislation. i m eric shawn, fox news. shannon: today in missouri, president obama declared the economy is moving in the right direction. many people say the new healthcare law is sending it in the wrong direction. chief washington correspondent jim angle