LIVE: I’m at the @NEAQ in Boston holding a discussion with the fishing industry, tourism leaders, scientists, and environmentalists to hear how @realDonaldTrump's offshore drilling plan will harm Massachusetts. Watch: https://www.facebook.com/EdJMarkey
#ProtectOurCoast
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Mayor
@STheken of Gloucester testified about the repercussions of allowing drilling off of#MA and how it could cause oil spills, destroy our coasts and cripple our tourism industries.#ProtectOurCoastShow this thread -
“We fought this battle 30 years ago, and here we are again today… we have always been on guard because we knew this would not die completely." Thank you to Angela Sanfilippo and the rest of
@GloucesterFWA for continuing to fight to#ProtectOurCoast from offshore drilling.Show this thread -
Dr. Grabowski, the Marine Science Center Assistant Director at
@Northeastern, explained the serious impact that offshore drilling has on oceans and marine wildlife.#ProtectOurCoastShow this thread -
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@UMassD_SMAST’s Dr. Kevin Stokesbury spoke of his experience that has led him to study the negative consequences that offshore drilling causes for marine wildlife.#ProtectOurCoastShow this thread -
Andrew Gottlieb, Executive Director of
@preservecapecod, says offshore drilling will create irreversible long-term damage to our environment during a time when we should be moving on to#cleanenergy and a sustainable future.#ProtectOurCoastShow this thread -
“Instead of being in awe of the natural beauty that God has granted us, we are looking at it and thinking ‘I’m going to destroy that for money.’”
@_EmilyNorton criticizes the Trump admin for working for#BigOil instead of future generations' right to a healthy environment.Show this thread -
I stand with Melissa Gates of
@Surfrider as she urges the Trump administration to listen to the public outcry against offshore drilling.#ProtectOurCoastShow this thread -
Chris Megan of
@OnTheWaterMedia says his business and many others in#MA depend on a healthy ocean and stable fisheries that would be jeopardized by offshore drilling.#ProtectOurCoastShow this thread -
Research specialist and photographer Tasia Blough warns that we do not yet know the full effects of drilling and the consequences it could have on our environment.
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Dr. Charles “Stormy” Mayo, Right Whale Ecology Program Director at
@CCSPtown, spoke about the science and economics that tell policymakers that they should oppose offshore drilling.#ProtectOurCoastShow this thread
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