Arctic drilling not worth the risk, Clinton says
US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has expressed opposition to the Obama administration’s approval of drilling in the Arctic, saying the move is not “worth the risk.’
“The Arctic is a unique treasure. Given what we know, it's not worth the risk of drilling,” said the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in a Tuesday tweet, one day after the administration of President Barack Obama gave Royal Dutch Shell permission to start drilling in the oil-rich Chukchi Sea off northern Alaska.
The move has outraged environmentalist groups, given the vulnerability of the region, which is being strongly hit global warming.
Among other GOP members, Republican National Committee spokesman Michael Short denounced Clinton’s tweet, calling Arctic drilling “yet another job-creating energy project.”
“Once again, Hillary Clinton is reminding voters she’ll say or do anything to get elected,” read a statement.
Greenpeace US executive director Annie Leonard also responded to the tweet saying, “Hillary Clinton got it right on the Arctic,”
Shell, which has so far spent $7 billion in its search for oil, stopped drilling there in 2012 due to a series of incidents its operations caused.
The Anglo–Dutch multinational oil and gas company was initially granted permission during the administration of former President George W. Bush to start drilling in Arctic, which holds 20 percent of undiscovered oil and gas on the globe.
Obama’s inverse move
In a dissimilar pro-environmental move on Tuesday, the Obama administration took measures to limit emissions to up to 45 percent in the next decade.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new rules aimed at reducing potent greenhouse gas methane in the oil and gas sector.
The move is part of a strategy announced by Obama earlier this month,
“We do project that our proposal will achieve significant reductions to benefit the climate and public health on the way to meeting that goal,” said Janet McCabe, the EPA’s point person on clean air policies.
Activists have hailed the moved while the oil and gas industry as well as many Republican politicians have opposed it.
“We only get one home. We only get one planet. There is no plan B,” Obama said on August 3 after unveiling the plan, which is part of an international push to save the planet.
Russian court orders Google to pay staggering fine of $20 decillion
US police arrest pro-Palestine protesters for 'occupying' Minnesota University building
Over 200 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested outside New York Stock Exchange
Iran decries Israeli aggression on Syria as ‘war crime’
Iran's letters slam UN inaction on Israeli crimes against its citizens
VIDEO | Press TV's news headlines
VIDEO | Yemeni protesters call for military mobilization against Israel
VIDEO | Art festival honors Martyr Tehrani Moqadam’s legacy
Borrell urges sanctions on Israel for war crimes
VIDEO | Top Iranian delegation in Beirut for talks
UN calls on Israel to allow unrestricted access to Gaza to deliver aid
PressTV NEWSLETTER
now
This makes it easy to access the Press TV website
