SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. May 1: The Trump government has
recently revealed policies to develop offshore oil drilling in U.S. waters.
This is likely to jeopardize recreation, travel, fishing and other shoreline businesses,
which give over 1.4 million professions as well as $95 billion GDP near the
Atlantic coastline alone. The administrative directive instructs the Interior
Department to expand a new five-year oil and gas leasing system to deliberate
on new regions for offshore drilling. The directive also prevents the formation
of fresh countrywide marine reserves and directs an evaluation of all prevailing
sanctuaries and marine monuments designated or extended in the preceding ten
years.
"Our ocean, waves and beaches are vital recreational,
economic and ecological treasures that would be polluted by an increase in
offshore oil drilling, regardless of whether or not there is a spill," revealed
Dr. Chad Nelsen, CEO of the Surfrider Foundation, adding, "With today's
action, the Trump administration is putting the interests of the oil and gas
lobby over the hundreds of communities, thousands of businesses, and millions
of citizens who rely on the ocean and coasts for their jobs and
livelihoods."
Fresh offshore drilling would endanger thousands of miles of
shoreline and billions in GDP, for a comparatively small quantity of oil. Ocean
travel and amusement, valued at a projected $100 billion yearly countrywide, delivers
12 times the volume of employments to the U.S. budget, contrasted to offshore
oil production. Even in the best-case situation, America's offshore oil assets
would deliver only around 920 days, or 18 months source of oil at the present degree
of use, as stated by federal agency estimations.
"Tourism drives our local economy, and the approval of
offshore drilling poses a huge threat to the livelihood and quality of life in
our beach community," stated Nicole D.C. Kienlen, Tourism Director of
Bradley Beach, New Jersey, adding, "The effects would be devastating on
multiple levels."
Even when there are no calamities, offshore oil drilling extremely
contaminates the water and food source at each phase. The ground infiltration,
the boring, the rigs, and the transport freighters all discharge poisonous
chemicals and leaked oil. The normal method of drilling discharges thousands of
gallons of contaminated water into the sea. High intensities of metals have
been discovered around drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico and have been revealed
to amass in fish, mussels and other seafood.
"The Trump administration wants to pour money in to a
sinking ship with relatively small return, instead of supporting growth
industries like coastal tourism and renewable energy that are adding jobs to
our economy," stated Pete Stauffer, Environmental Director for the
Surfrider Foundation, adding, "We will stand up for what's best for the
nation, and our oceans, by fighting new offshore drilling off our coasts."
The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit public group devoted
to the fortification of the globe's seas, waves and seashores by means of an effective
activist network. Originated in 1984 by a few of far-sighted surfers in Malibu,
California, the Surfrider Foundation now sustains over 500,000 groups,
activists and followers, with over 80 volunteer-led sections and 60 clubs in
the U.S., and over 400 successes guarding the shorelines of America.
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