When we say oil and gas companies are sacrificing communities to make a buck this is exactly what we’re talking about.

Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Texas
Hurricane Harvey aerials. Vehicles make their way across a bridge in haze from the oil refining industrial complex behind them in Manchester, Texas, more than a week after Hurricane Harvey slammed into the area. The human impacts of Hurricane Harvey have been staggering, and the greatest concern is for the people struggling in its aftermath. This disaster makes clear once again that coastal Texas and the wider Gulf region are on the frontlines of sea level rise and extreme weather heightened by climate change, as well as the toxic impacts from fossil fuel infrastructure.

When we say oil and gas companies are sacrificing communities to make a buck this is exactly what we’re talking about.

WASHINGTON DC (Nov. 21, 2022)–In response to the decision to approve Sea Port Oil Terminal (SPOT), Destiny Watford, Climate Campaigner at Greenpeace USA, said: “When we say oil and gas companies are sacrificing communities to make a buck this is exactly what we’re talking about. SPOT would emit over 300 million tons of carbon dioxide every year polluting the air and water of Brazoria and Harris counties in Texas while creating serious health threats for everyone living there. We have less than a decade to cut emissions by half. Approving new oil and gas projects is not a bridge, it is an on-ramp to planetary collapse.”

“It is peak hypocrisy for President Biden and Secretary Pete Buttigieg to shorten the fuse on the world’s largest carbon bomb by greenlighting additional oil export terminals right after lecturing the world about increasing climate ambitions at COP27.”

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