Commentary: Use the ocean without using it all up
by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Jeff Orlowski, Los Angeles Times
Jan 11, 2018
3 minutes
The Trump administration announced last week that it would open 90 percent of our coastal waters to oil and gas drilling. It declared last month that it would shrink or eliminate several national monuments - both terrestrial and marine. Last year, it rolled back safety requirements that prevent spills such as the Deepwater Horizon, and it stated it would reconsider protections of national marine sanctuaries. The reigning principle here, to the extent that there is one, is to put short-term
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