Environmental groups condemn ocean drilling in climate bill as ‘unacceptable

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http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/95783-green-groups-ocean-drilling-unacceptable

Environmental groups want language encouraging offshore drilling removed from climate legislation in light of the giant oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that poses a potentially historic hazard to fragile coastal ecosystems.

As the environmental threat of the disaster grows by the day, green groups have become more explicit in demanding that any drilling provisions be removed from the bill.

“Expanding exploration and drilling into previously protected and remote areas is unacceptable when it is clear that we are not capable of responding to oil spills in a timely manner,” several dozen groups wrote senators on Monday.

“Provisions creating new incentives (such as state revenue sharing) or reduced safeguards for expanded offshore drilling are simply not acceptable.”

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1. To who?

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2. To the planet!

and everything living on it!