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Friend, Donald Trump has just released a massive new offshore drilling plan that would allow more drilling by Big Oil over significant portions of the U.S. coastline.
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Trump’s drilling plan would span nearly 1.3 billion acres, an area more than half the size of the United States. It includes regions considered too fragile — or too economically vital — to risk.
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Bottom line: entire ecosystems and communities are now in danger.
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We’re talking about drilling rigs along migration routes for whales.
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The constant threat of oil spills endangering the health of our oceans, devastating fisheries, tourism economies, and coastal communities.
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This is an emergency for our oceans, our wildlife, and our climate. And we need you with us right now.
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We can stop this. Public outcry and political backlash to these draft plans reached such a fever pitch that Trump removed the Atlantic Ocean from his plan entirely. Even Republicans have been sounding the alarm — we HAVE to keep pushing.
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Trump’s offshore drilling plan would put marine wildlife and entire ecosystems in jeopardy, and raise the risk of oil spills like the Deepwater Horizon disaster that can devastate Gulf Coast communities and poison our water. It locks us into more fossil fuel dependence instead of building the clean-energy future we need.
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Thanks for your help, and everything you do for the environment, Friend.
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America Fitzpatrick Conservation Program Director League of Conservation Voters
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