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01-06-2018, 04:08 PM
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While I am not learned enough on this specific issue, I was under the impression this administration was for States rights.
"While the plan puts the administration squarely on the side of the energy industry and against environmental groups, it also puts the White House at odds with a number of coastal states that oppose offshore drilling. Some of those states are led by Republicans, like Gov. Rick Scott of Florida, where the tourism industry was hit hard by the Deepwater Horizon rig disaster in 2010 that killed 11 people and spilled millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
Governor Scott vowed on Thursday to protect his state’s coast from drilling, saying he would raise the issue with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke."
Trump Moves to Open Nearly All Offshore Waters to Drilling - The New York Times |
My heart bleeds...
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