Posted on 12/30/2017 9:08:01 AM PST by Olog-hai
The Trump administration is proposing to rewrite or kill rules on offshore oil and gas drilling that were imposed after the deadly 2010 rig explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
The administration says the rules are an unnecessary burden on industry, and rolling them back will encourage more energy production.
An offshore-drilling group is welcoming the rollback, while environmentalists say President Donald Trump is raising the risk of more deadly oil spills.
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The man never sleeps! Trump is inflicting death by 1000 cuts to marxism.
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