boutons_deux
08-24-2018, 01:13 PM
The higher tides now expected in places like Texas’s Gulf Coast means that something’s gotta give.
A new 60-mile, infrastructure project has been proposed. It would buttress and reinforce Texas’s seawalls, and include “floating gates,” and “steel levees.”
The AP reports that it would cost
“at least $12 billion for the full coastal spine, with nearly all of it coming from public funds.” (https://apnews.com/4adc5a2a2e6b45df953ebcba6b63d171)
The plan is focused on a stretch of coastline that
runs from the Louisiana border to industrial enclaves south of Houston
that are home to one of the world’s largest concentrations of petrochemical facilities,
including most of Texas’ 30 refineries, which represent 30 percent of the nation’s refining capacity.
so far, Texas has already sent almost $4 billion of that money to protect “specifically” oil refineries.
Meanwhile, within the last year, craven Republican Party officials have argued out of either sheer corruption or stupidity (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/5/17/1765086/-Rep-Mo-Brooks-says-maybe-sea-levels-are-only-rising-because-a-bunch-of-rocks-are-falling-in) that
the problems of rising sea levels have nothing to do with climate change,
let alone manmade climate change.
Now, oil companies want Americans to foot the bill for their shortsighted and greedy business model. (https://apnews.com/4adc5a2a2e6b45df953ebcba6b63d171)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/8/23/1790367/-Texas-s-Big-Oil-asking-for-12-billion-in-taxpayer-money-to-protect-them-from-climate-change?detail=emaildkre (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/8/23/1790367/-Texas-s-Big-Oil-asking-for-12-billion-in-taxpayer-money-to-protect-them-from-climate-change?detail=emaildkre)
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Big oil asks government to protect it from climate change
https://apnews.com/4adc5a2a2e6b45df953ebcba6b63d171
Here's where BigCorp, oligarchy, Repugs absolutely adores welfare and socialism.
A new 60-mile, infrastructure project has been proposed. It would buttress and reinforce Texas’s seawalls, and include “floating gates,” and “steel levees.”
The AP reports that it would cost
“at least $12 billion for the full coastal spine, with nearly all of it coming from public funds.” (https://apnews.com/4adc5a2a2e6b45df953ebcba6b63d171)
The plan is focused on a stretch of coastline that
runs from the Louisiana border to industrial enclaves south of Houston
that are home to one of the world’s largest concentrations of petrochemical facilities,
including most of Texas’ 30 refineries, which represent 30 percent of the nation’s refining capacity.
so far, Texas has already sent almost $4 billion of that money to protect “specifically” oil refineries.
Meanwhile, within the last year, craven Republican Party officials have argued out of either sheer corruption or stupidity (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/5/17/1765086/-Rep-Mo-Brooks-says-maybe-sea-levels-are-only-rising-because-a-bunch-of-rocks-are-falling-in) that
the problems of rising sea levels have nothing to do with climate change,
let alone manmade climate change.
Now, oil companies want Americans to foot the bill for their shortsighted and greedy business model. (https://apnews.com/4adc5a2a2e6b45df953ebcba6b63d171)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/8/23/1790367/-Texas-s-Big-Oil-asking-for-12-billion-in-taxpayer-money-to-protect-them-from-climate-change?detail=emaildkre (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/8/23/1790367/-Texas-s-Big-Oil-asking-for-12-billion-in-taxpayer-money-to-protect-them-from-climate-change?detail=emaildkre)
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Big oil asks government to protect it from climate change
https://apnews.com/4adc5a2a2e6b45df953ebcba6b63d171
Here's where BigCorp, oligarchy, Repugs absolutely adores welfare and socialism.