On so Many Fronts, the ANWR Leases are Wrong

  Oil and gas leases are to go on sale in northeastern Alaska Jan. 6, opening up land the has been virgin from development for 10,000 years. The threat is to the environment. The threat of increasing climate change is so lucid that even the banks don't want part of this. Even they know this is irresponsible. Federal officials claims as to how much tax will be generated have been called "blatantly irresponsible and fiscally reckless" by Taxpayers for Common Sense. In a day when caring for our planet has finally gained respectability, in a day when not bowing to the oil and gas industry is gaining some acceptance, in a day when we are holding off building new fossil fuel power plants, anyway . . . along comes this. It will be one of the final legacies of the Trump administration.

Does it come in a day when we are finally coming to our senses to realize climate change is real? It does. Does it come in a day when we worry about earthquakes in divers' places? It will all begin with seismic testing to determine how much oil is down there. If you shake and rattle the seismic plates below, be sure there's the chance they will shift.

On so many fronts, this is wrong.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/15/arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-oil-drilling-highest-bidder?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1

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