[AF] FCC environmental facts...
Kelly Alford
alfords at seanet.com
Sun Aug 25 12:59:00 CDT 2019
I'll give you more than three:
1. May 2, 2019
The Trump administration announced that they will roll back some safety
measures that regulate offshore drilling operations. The previous set of
safety rules were implemented in 2010, after a disastrous explosion at a BP
oil well in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 people and spilled over 200 million
gallons of oil into the sea. Oil from the disaster marred the nearby coasts
and deep seas for years afterward.
2. April 9, 2019
Trump signed two executive orders that will smooth the path for companies to
build oil and gas pipelines and limit the tools states have to block them.
The Trump administration, as part of their "Energy Dominance" initiative,
has consistently sought to streamline the domestic energy production
process. These two executive orders follow in that pattern.
3. March 29, 2019
Trump issued a new permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, which he had
previously approved two years ago, after the Obama administration had
delayed it.
4. January 15, 2019
Trump quietly issued an executive order to increase logging of forests on
federal land on December 21, a day before the government shutdown.
5. January 15, 2019
A report by the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
(PEER) found the Environmental Protection Agency's criminal prosecutions
under the Trump administration have been the lowest they've been in 30
years.
6. December 6, 2018
The Trump administration rolled back another Obama-era climate rule when it
announced it will lift some restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions from
coal power plants.
The change, intended to spur construction of new coal plants, comes as
scientists warned world leaders attending the UNs annual climate conference
that the consequences of unchecked global warming will be severe and costly.
7. October 24, 2018
After years of heated debate between conservationists and the petroleum
industry about risks and rewards, the federally controlled waters of the
U.S. Arctic are cleared to see their first oil and gas production wells. The
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a conditional permit to
Houston-based Hilcorp to move forward with its Liberty Project, to begin
drilling from an artificial island in the Beaufort Sea.
I've got more examples if you'd like to see those too.
-----Original Message-----
From: AF [mailto:af-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Bob Barnswatts via
AF
Give me 3 specific examples of this. Or is this your usual TDS.
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