Mark Westlund, 510-841-8329; mark.westlund@sierraclub.org
Today, the Trump administration proposed revising or rolling back safety protections on offshore drilling that were enacted in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster -- the world's largest oil spill -- that cost human lives, decimated the Gulf Coast, and cost $62 billion to contain.
In response, Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune issued the following response:
"President Trump seems determined not to learn from history. Oil wells and pipelines fail in dramatic and tragic ways, and it’s wrong to make it easier to fail. Trump would rather throw the lives and livelihoods of the people who voted for him under the bus than do anything that would displease the dirty polluters that make up his true base. This is not surprising, even though it comes at a time when clean energy is proving more affordable and reliable than dirty fuels. For Trump facts don't matter, and this makes me fear for the safety of our nation.”
About the Sierra Club
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