Protecting our environmental resources and promoting social justice
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? “Every East and West Coast state opposes offshore drilling along their respective coasts, including in Republican-controlled states that have been more open to fossil fuel interests. Zinke granted Florida a verbal exemption from drilling plans, while declining to do so for other states. Bernhardt, however, has offered no such assurances …
“Can you imagine a fire department in a local community running out of money and then deciding it is only going to serve wealthy houses because it doesn’t have money to cover everybody?” Lee-Ashley, who now works as a senior strategist at the Center for American Progress, told Bloomberg. “That’s kind of what’s going on …
SWAMP WATCH “Just one week after issuing dire warnings on the catastrophic fallout of climate change to come, the Trump Administration is opening our coastlines to for-profit companies to prospect for oil and gas—and is willing to sacrifice marine life, our coastal communities and fisheries in the process,” fumed Jasny. “This is the first step …
SWAMP WATCH: Trump administrations scorched earth policy: leave no oil fat cats behind… ‘Disaster Waiting to Happen’ as Trump Quietly Approves Massive Oil Drilling Project in Arctic Waters Off Alaska Coast “This project sets us down a dangerous path of destroying the Arctic. We’ll keep fighting this project and any new ones that follow.” by …