Trump's Offshore Drilling Plan: Death Sentence for Southern Resident Orcas
January 16, 2018
January 16, 2018
SEATTLE, Washington, Jan. 16 -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news release:
The Trump administration's recent proposal to expand offshore oil and gas drilling could hasten the extinction of the Pacific Northwest's last 76 Southern Resident killer whales. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has proposed opening nearly the entire U.S. coastline to oil and gas drilling, including drilling in the Pacific Ocean for the first time since 1984.
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The Trump administration's recent proposal to expand offshore oil and gas drilling could hasten the extinction of the Pacific Northwest's last 76 Southern Resident killer whales. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has proposed opening nearly the entire U.S. coastline to oil and gas drilling, including drilling in the Pacific Ocean for the first time since 1984.
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