In any other administration this would be big news, but bad things are happening now with such rapidity that we can’t keep up.
This week the Interior Department announced that it would begin preparations to auction off drilling leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the largest remaining wilderness area in the United States.
Do we need this oil? No.
Will this lead to climate problems? Yes.
Do any of the thousands of people in Northeast Pennsylvania with Trump flags in front of their houses even know about this, and if they do, do they care? You can answer that one.
See Brad Plumer and Henry Fountain, “U;S. Plans to Auction Oil Leases as Arctic Protections End,” New York Times, (Aug. 18, 2020), p. A 21.
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