The Trump administration dismantled safety rules for offshore drilling put in place by the Obama admin after the disastrous BP oil spill fouled the Gulf of Mexico nearly a decade ago
“The well control rule was one of the most important actions we took, as a nation, in response to the BP-style disaster at sea,” Earthjustice, League of Conservation Voters, Natural Resources Defense Council and the Wilderness Society said in a joint statement. “If the Trump administration’s final rule weakens these protections, as its proposed changes did, it will put our workers, waters and wildlife at needless risk. That’s irresponsible, reckless and wrong.
The rollback is also opposed by Rep. Francis Rooney, a Florida Republican from a coastal district, who last year joined in a bipartisan letter with 20 other members of the state's congressional delegation calling on then-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to reverse course.
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