Energy & Environment, Position of Tom Cole

Extend through 2016 the renewable energy tax credit. (Nov 2011)
Require 80% fuel-choice vehicles by 2018. (May 2011)
Voted YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling. (May 2011)
Voted YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases. (Apr 2011)
Drill the Outer Continental Shelf; & license new nuke plants. (Mar 2011)
No EPA regulation of greenhouse gases. (Jan 2011)
Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP. (Nov 2010)
Voted NO on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution. (Jun 2009)
Bar greenhouse gases from Clean Air Act rules. (Jan 2009)
Voted NO on tax credits for renewable electricity, with PAYGO offsets. (Sep 2008)
Voted NO on tax incentives for energy production and conservation. (May 2008)
Voted NO on tax incentives for renewable energy. (Feb 2008)
Voted NO on investing in homegrown biofuel. (Aug 2007)
Voted NO on criminalizing oil cartels like OPEC. (May 2007)
Voted NO on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies. (Jan 2007)
Rated 0% by the CAF, indicating opposition to energy independence. (Dec 2006)
Voted NO on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore. (Jun 2006)
Voted YES on scheduling permitting for new oil refinieries. (Jun 2006)
Voted YES on authorizing construction of new oil refineries. (Oct 2005)
Voted YES on passage of the Bush Administration national energy policy. (Jun 2004)
Voted YES on implementing Bush-Cheney national energy policy. (Nov 2003)