claim: "[renewable energy] projects . . . get us off foreign oil and away, step by step, from these foreign entanglements that we have to get into to defend our oil supply."
author: sheldon whitehouse
evidence_1: sheldon whitehouse (born october 20, 1955) is an american lawyer and  politician serving as the junior united states senator from rhode island since  2007.
evidence_2: "[renewable energy] projects . . . get us off foreign oil and away, step by step,  from these foreign entanglements that we have to get into to defend our oil supply .".
evidence_3: what seems likely is that neither side will ever get to enact the energy policy of its  dreams. we will probably not mine every last oil reserve in alaska, and we will  probably not regulate the internal combustion engine out of existence. .... for  ourselves this goal: we must never again be caught in a foreign-made crisis  where the ...
evidence_4: jun 19, 2013 ... in november 2011, the international energy agency warned that the ... coal, oil,  and natural gas to generate energy for power, heat, industry, and transportation.  ... efforts to cut emissions—mitigation—must therefore be global. .... that they will  take voluntary steps to control levels of anthropogenic pollution.
evidence_5: alberta lies a promise of addiction — tar sands that can be ... the natural  resources defense council is an international nonprofit .... this oil is known  traditionally as tar sands – or oil sands (the two terms are .... north america on  the verge of a phenomenally important step forward toward ... quarter of the  world's oil supply.