The Trump administration has finalized a plan to open the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling, renewing long-simmering debate over whether to drill in one of the nation's most sensitive wilderness areas.
  • Flamekebab@piefed.socialEnglish
    13·
    11 hours ago

    To make a commodity with dropping demand even more common? Capitalism can’t keep its story straight.

    • crusa187@lemmy.mlEnglish
      5·
      8 hours ago

      $1B bribe for quid pro quo, the story’s clear. It’s corruption, always has been.

  • Jokulhlaups@lemmy.worldEnglish
    81·
    10 hours ago

    Such a disaster in the making. Massive habitat loss, pollution, and ecosystem collapse. All for a resource that should have been phased out long ago. We have seen this pattern play out in many places, and the consequences are clear.