Trump Plans On Unleashing Environmental Disaster
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In a move environmental groups are calling “absolutely radical” and “beyond reckless,” the Trump administration is planning the largest sale on leases for offshore drilling in US history.
The proposal, announced Thursday by Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, would open 90% of the US’ outer continental shelf—off both coasts and Alaska—to oil drilling.
The wrong-headed proposal overturns, naturally, an Obama-era plan that would have allowed drilling in only 6% of the same area.
The only area spared from possible drilling under the five-year plan, which would begin in 2019, is the North Aleutians Basin in Alaska. Trump toady Zinke says the goal is “to become the strongest energy superpower” in the world.
The plan is already facing opposition from environmentalists, tourism groups, and even some Republicans.
The deputy legislative director at the League of Conservation Voters says the plan poses a “grave threat” to seaside communities, the climate, and local economies.
A campaign director at Oceana says there is “widespread” opposition at the local level to drilling expansion. Even Trump fan Florida Gov. Rick Scott says he will fight to stop drilling off the coast of his state.
The bizarre plan still faces a year or so of public comments and revisions, during which time areas can be removed from consideration for drilling.
The entire mess could well be taken to court as it overturns bans on drilling in the Arctic and parts of the Atlantic enacted by the Obama administration. Let’s hope something stops the demented Trump because nothing seems to be doing much good so far.
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Well then they can start by drilling right there where his Florida mcmansion is see if he is ok with that.