Oil Change Response to Interior’s Drastic Reduction of Opportunities for Public Input on Energy Projects
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The Department of Interior’s announcement is an attempt to silence the public’s voice in decision-making, taking away tools that ensure our communities have a say in the fossil fuel project proposals that threaten our water, land, and public health.
In response to the Department of Interior’s announcement this evening that it would be significantly limiting the permitting process for oil, gas, critical minerals, and other energy resources to 28 days, drastically reducing the opportunity for public comment, Collin Rees, U.S. Campaign Manager at Oil Change International said:
“The Department of Interior’s announcement is an attempt to silence the public’s voice in decision-making, taking away tools that ensure our communities have a say in the fossil fuel project proposals that threaten our water, land, and public health.
“The announcement is another giveaway to the fossil fuel billionaires who spent millions to put Trump back in the White House, justified by a fake ‘energy emergency.’ The U.S. is the largest oil and gas producer and is expanding extraction faster than any other nation. The real national emergency is the cabal of oil and gas CEOs harming working people and wrecking the climate to line their pockets.”