Offshore oil rig at sunset

Kevin Doyle, CEA Florida Executive Director and William Sisson, President & CEO of the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce discuss the importance of offshore energy exploration for Floridians.

While the U.S. remains steady in its support to build and develop our renewable portfolios and improve energy efficiency, we continue to consume more energy from petroleum every day than any other source. In the meantime, our communities, families and businesses need to carry on. Those who claim that we can only have a safe environment if we immediately end the use of fossil energy are ignoring reality. To meet our ever-growing energy demands, we need all energy resources, including those in the Gulf of Mexico – and we can develop them responsibly.

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