Don Brunell – Feds killing energy projects and jobs

President Obama says two of his biggest priorities are jobs and renewable energy. Perhaps he should tell his regulators to help, not hinder, energy projects because some of their most recent actions are killing them and their accompanying jobs. In the process, they re making us even more reliant on foreign oil.

Historically, America s energy sector has been one of the strongest drivers of our economy. The oil and gas industry alone employs more than nine million people.

But that industry is under siege.

In the wake of the Gulf oil spill, the Interior Department imposed a six-month moratorium o...