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| Trump signs order to expand offshore oil, gas drilling | |
| 2017-04-29 | |
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... signed an executive order Friday that aims to expand offshore drilling for crude oil and natural gas in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans. The order calls for a review of off-shore locations available for oil and gas exploration. "Our country is blessed with incredible natural resources, including abundant offshore oil and natural gas reserves," Trump said in remarks before signing the order. "But the federal government has kept 94 percent of these offshore areas closed for exploration and production. This deprives our country of potentially thousands and thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in wealth." The order is the latest in a string of recent attempts to dismantle the environmental policy legacy of Trump's predecessor, President Barack Obama Jedi mind meld... | |
| Posted by:Fred |