Trump plan to allow oil drilling off New England unites foes in opposition
Source: The Boston Globe
By David Abel GLOBE STAFF MARCH 05, 2018
For decades, they have done battle — through street protests, in courtrooms, on Beacon Hill. It takes a lot, something broadly and viscerally opposed, to unite the traditional foes.
But the Trump administration’s new plan to allow drilling for oil and gas off the shores of New England has done just that, forging a bipartisan coalition of fishermen, environmental advocates, industry groups, and scientists against the plan.
At a recent press conference held to denounce the plan, Peter Shelley of the Conservation Law Foundation noted that the last time he stood on the same side as so many fishermen was some four decades ago, when the federal government last pressed such a proposal.
“It’s ridiculous, and very discouraging, that we’re back here 40 years later,” he said, noting that the previous coalition succeeded in blocking offshore drilling while opponents in other regions failed. “It didn’t make sense then, and it makes less sense now.”
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It's not like this move is dedicated to the U.S. achieving oil independence. They'll export every bit of it (where they can make more money) and drive prices up in the U.S. much like they're doing right at this very moment.
Everything the GOP does has a single motivator: Greed.
These are TRULY evil people. 