Hurry up and trash it NOW
The demonic shit is pushing ahead with his plan to destroy the National Arctic Wildlife Refuge. No matter how busy one is golfing and watching Fox News and tweeting sexist insults, there’s always time to destroy irreplaceable wilderness.
The Trump administration is pushing ahead with plans to allow drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The first leases to drill for oil and gas in the area could be sold by the end of 2020, Interior Department Secretary David Bernhardt said as his agency formally announced its leasing program on Monday.
We need more oil so that people can sit in their cars with the engines running for hours playing with their phones. It’s a basic human right.
Environmental groups have pledged to sue to stop the move. They said that once drilling rights are sold, it will be harder for a future president to reverse course.
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“The Trump administration never stops pushing to drill in the Arctic Refuge — and we will never stop suing them,” said Gina McCarthy, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council. “America has safeguarded the refuge for decades, and we will not allow the administration to strip that protection away now.”
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Sierra Club lobbyist Athan Manuel has been fighting to keep rigs out of the refuge for more than 20 years. He said the Trump administration is rushing to get at least one company to bid on leases before the end of Trump’s term and the possible arrival of a new president who opposes drilling.
“I think they just want to ram this down people’s throats to show that they can still drill where they want to drill and still prop up the oil industry, even in the face of evidence of climate change,” he said.
Wilderness Society’s Alaska state director, Karlin Itchoak, said in a statement that the move by the Trump administration “ignores science and shortcuts the public process in an irresponsible rush to help oil companies secure leases on the coastal plain before the 2020 presidential election.”
They want to hurry up and break it while they can, in case the anti-breaking party wins.
This is such a huge pet peeve! In a recent novel I was writing, I got a little catharsis by having my witch character turn off a running car. I wish I could do that…
The ANWR fight has been going on so long now…and I doubt it matters to Trump whether there is oil there are not. Someone has said “No you can’t”, so no matter what, he must.
Have I said lately how much I despise him? If I haven’t, I have been remiss.
MASSIVE pet peeve of mine, too. Oh yes by all means, never mind about climate change, never mind about air quality, just sit there with the engine running FOREVER if you want to FOR NO EARTHLY REASON.
resumes normal breathing
And around here, it is likely to be monster trucks, which makes it even worse.
In particular, Obummer was one of the ones saying No You Can’t.