?Recipe for Catastrophe’: Trump Moves to Weaken Arctic Drilling Safeguards

“We should be banning drilling in the Arctic Ocean, not making it easier for industry to exploit and pollute.” The Trump administration on Monday proposed weakening Obama-era safeguards for fossil fuel drilling in the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf, a move condemned by environmental groups as another industry handout that would make disastrous oil spills more likely. The US Interior Department characterized the proposed [...]