Quantcast

West Massachusetts News

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Massachusetts U.S. Rep James McGovern: "With the next 5-year offshore leasing program set to begin in June, @POTUS Biden, @Interior, and @BOEM..."

2edited

James McGovern tweeted the following:

"With the next 5-year offshore leasing program set to begin in June, @POTUS Biden, @Interior, and @BOEM have an opportunity to #ProtectOurCoasts and put #PeopleOverPolluters. It's high time we wean America off fossil fuels and towards clean energy by ending new drilling. 4/4"
Read on Twitter

Here are other recent tweets from James McGovern:

"Americans learned the hard way that offshore drilling compromises coastal communities' physical and economic well-being so Big Oil can rake in greater profits.
Yet offshore drilling is just as dirty and dangerous now as it was then. 2/4"
Read on Twitter
"Oil companies will do whatever they can to open new drilling siteseven lying to the public that more offshore drilling will help address rising costs at the pump.
News flash: Energy independence cant be found at the bottom of a new oil well. 3/4 telegram.com/story/opinion/"
Read on Twitter
"12 years ago today, BP's #DeepwaterHorizon explosion killed 11 workers and released 200 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The catastrophic spill, a result of corporate greed and negligence, devastated an entire ecosystem that still suffers today. 1/4"
Read on Twitter

ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY

!RECEIVE ALERTS

The next time we write about any of these orgs, we’ll email you a link to the story. You may edit your settings or unsubscribe at any time.
Sign-up

DONATE

Help support the Metric Media Foundation's mission to restore community based news.
Donate