Vice President Biden delivers remarks at the North American Energy Summit in New York City, June 11, 2014.
(Official White House Photo by David Lienemann)
On Wednesday, at the North American Energy Summit in New York City, Vice President Biden spoke with an audience of investors, business executives, and senior government officials from the United States, Canada, and Mexico about North America’s emerging status as the global epicenter of energy.
The Vice President described the progress we’ve made toward increased energy security in the past few years. The United States has gone from the world’s largest importer to a soon-to-be exporter of natural gas, from declining to booming oil production, from stagnating to increasing fuel efficiency standards for vehicles, and from projected rising carbon emissions to declining carbon emissions that are at the lowest levels in nearly 20 years.
As an energy superpower, the United States is leading an energy transformation that is changing the world and creating opportunity here at home. Hundreds of thousands of jobs are being created, new companies and industries are spinning off, and manufacturing — in part because of America’s energy advantage — is coming back.
Fonte: White House