John, we have an important update: The Limetree Bay refinery on the island of St. Croix has been closed down by the Environmental Protection Agency.

A midnight decision by the Trump administration allowing the refinery to open wreaked environmental havoc on the island. It was a disastrous decision that allowed a watery oil slosh to be pumped into the air and rain down upon the residents of St. Croix.

This is yet again proof that elections have consequences. We need to elect leaders up and down the ballot who will fight for policies to protect our environment and reverse the “one foot out the door” decisions made by the Trump Administration to help their friends in industry and hurt communities.

We must keep up the momentum in this fight. Will you pitch in a donation at the link below to help SEEC members keep fighting to reverse the catastrophic policies of the Trump years?

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Date: Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 1:07 PM
Subject: the island where it rained oil[[link removed]]

An environmental disaster is underway in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

On the island of St. Croix, an oil refinery pumped a mix of oil and water into the air, raining down onto the local community. Gardens, rooftops, rainwater tanks, and cisterns were all polluted. Dozens of tarballs washed up on the shore of the Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge.

The disaster could have been avoided.

In the last seven weeks of the Trump administration, the Environmental Protection Agency rushed through permits allowing the Limetree Bay refinery to reopen after being shut down for nearly a decade after facing multiple lawsuits alleging severe environmental violations.

While the Biden administration has withdrawn an essential permit for the refinery, which will lead to tighter pollution controls, the refinery, for now, is still operating. The EPA is reassessing what measures are required to safeguard local communities’ health in the Virgin Islands.

This is another example of the mess Trump left in his wake, and it will be a critical test for the Biden administration and its commitment to environmental justice.

SEEC members will be working with the EPA to advance policies that protect communities and avoid environmental devastation like this in the future.

As SEEC members work with the Biden administration to revoke environmentally dangerous policies rolled out by the Trump EPA, it’s clear we need to elect more like-minded members of Congress who will join in this fight for environmental justice.

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