INDIANAPOLIS—Former Vice President Mike Pence unveiled an energy policy aimed at displacing China as the world’s largest energy producer. Mr. Pence, now a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, portrayed energy dominance as vital for national security and economic growth in a campaign statement released on Aug. 8.
“The extraction, production, transportation, and delivery of energy is an economic opportunity that can transform lives and communities here at home,” the statement said. “As the war in Ukraine and energy crisis in Europe have demonstrated, energy is a geopolitical weapon … We must produce and export every type of energy to maintain our influence around the world.”
