Rep. Huffman introduces bills to prevent offshore drilling on West Coast and in Arctic
Huffman's West Coast Ocean Protection Act would put the coasts of
And his Arctic Ocean Drilling Act would protect the
"Opening our public waters up to oil and gas companies puts fragile ecosystems in jeopardy for environmental catastrophe," said Huffman, D-
Six other Democratic members of the
"We have a growing coalition of members of
In
"They are trying as fast as they can to conduct the reviews and the studies necessary to auction off that wilderness area to oil companies," Huffman said.
"They're going to get challenged in court and this new
"
Last January, the Trump administration announced a proposal to allow drilling in most
Huffman said the Trump administration has not yet rolled out its offshore leasing plans. He said environmental review of those plans will be required before any drilling can begin, and he expects legal challenges and public opposition to them as well.
Since the Trump administration announced its off-shore drilling plans a year ago, both Zinke and
Among other things, Pruitt was faulted for trying to help his wife open a
"Unfortunately, as bad as Zinke and Pruitt were, they have been replaced by career lobbyists for polluters and oil and gas companies so there is no change in the policy direction," Huffman said. "If anything, we now have potentially more skillful bad guys in place."
For Huffman this is the first time since he was elected to
Huffman said there is a good chance his bills will pass out of the House, but with
Nevertheless Huffman said
"Even if we can't get legislation signed into law," Huffman said, "we need to make sure that the this administration and the public knows that we're not going to go along with this offshore drilling binge that Trump has proposed."
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