State Leaders Disagree on "Benefits" of Climate Change [Con] Bill for Montana

The U.S. Senate has yet to act on the controversial climate change bill passed by the House of Representatives on June 26th. Rep. Dennis Rehberg (R-MT) says the bill will hurt Montanans by increasing energy costs, but Governor Brian Schweitzer (D) says the bill would actually be a big boost for the state.
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Schweitzer says the will help the U.S. wean off its dependence on foreign oil and could be a big job creator for western states like Montana who have significant energy resources.

"This is a system that will encourage American energy to be produced in America. We can no longer be dependent on oil coming for these dictators all over the world," said Schweitzer. "This is a system that recognizes the strengths and assets we have in the western United States and we'll be able to grow."

Crude Oil and Total Petroleum Imports Top 15 Countries

The top sources of US crude oil imports for April were Canada (1.854 million barrels per day), Mexico (1.177 million barrels per day), Saudi Arabia (1.021 million barrels per day), Venezuela (0.803 million barrels per day), and Nigeria (0.673 million barrels per day). The rest of the top ten sources, in order, were Iraq (0.479 million barrels per day), Angola (0.450 million barrels per day), Algeria (0.398 million barrels per day), Russia (0.390 million barrels per day), and Columbia (0.320 million barrels per day). Total crude oil imports averaged 9.276 million barrels per day in April, which is an increase of (0.057) million barrels per day from March 2009.

EIA - [US crude oil production]

Production. Total domestic crude oil production averaged 4.96 million bbl/d in 2008, down from 5.06 million bbl/d in 2007 (U.S. Crude Oil Production Chart). Production is expected to increase to an average of 5.27 million bbl/d in 2009