Trump to Auction Gulf Drilling Rights Next Month
The Trump administration, according to Bloomberg, is set to auction offshore drilling rights across 'roughly half of the Gulf of Mexico' next month, the inaugural move in a planned series of '30 such lease sales'. This isn't just a Trump-era anomaly; the Biden administration also approved the Willow project, a massive oil drilling venture in Alaska, in March 2023. Apparently, climate emergency
declarations are for public consumption, while the drilling continues unabated, a testament to the powerful fossil fuel lobby shaping policy across presidential terms, regardless of party affiliation. How many future 'historic heatwaves' and 'unprecedented storms' will it take for Washington to realize these auctions aren't just about 'rights' to extract, but rights to destroy? One might wonder
how much longer this charade of environmental concern can continue while politicians eagerly sign away our planet's future, one lease sale at a time.