Gabby Brown, gabby.brown@sierraclub.org
Washington, DC -- Today, Bloomberg News reported that the Trump administration is ordering dozens of federal employees back to work in order to fast-track plans to sell off America’s public waters for offshore drilling.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement:
“Donald Trump may have closed the government to the American people, but he’s hung up an ‘open for business’ sign for corporate polluters. During his shameful government shutdown, Trump is showing us his backwards vision for our country: a government that prioritizes fossil fuel industry profits at all costs, while American families are left out in the cold.”
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