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Today, I’m proud to vote to pass @RepCunningham’s bipartisan H.R. 1941 Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act. This bill would ban offshore drilling off our Atlantic & Pacific coasts, which has gained support from both Democratic & Republican Governors of coastal states.
I strongly support this bill because not only is offshore drilling incredibly dangerous and potentially toxic to our oceans but it will help us transition towards the #CleanEnergyEconomy and away from our dependence on oil & gas.
This bill is a necessary step in protecting our environment and fighting back against the #ClimateCrisis.
Please consider creating a "security deposit" for environmental recovery. This would be a clean-up escrow fund - paid into by the corporations who extract resources - to pay for clean-up whenever spills occur. Covers the case where companies drag their feet or go bankrupt.
It would fund an on-call set of environmental assessment and recovery assets to quickly respond to such disasters as the BP Deepwater Horizon spill. These accidents are inevitable, and must be remedied as quickly as possible. Corporate denial or failure work against that goal.
How does not drilling help us "transition"? What you really mean is: We Democrats want to dry up all sources of oil until the USA is forced to switch to these more expensive sources of energy, that cannot meet our current needs. Develop alternatives first! Then we'll switch!
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