Moratorium on offshore drilling passes Oregon Senate
Bill to protect coastal communities, local jobs and pristine beaches now heads to governor's desk.
A bill that extends Oregon’s moratorium on offshore drilling for ten more years passed the Oregon Senate today with a vote of 22-8.
House Bill 3613, sponsored by Rep. Ben Cannon (D-Portland), protects Oregon’s coast from the threat of offshore oil and gas exploration for the next ten years, preserving coastal jobs and businesses which depend on more than $1 billion a year in fishing and recreation dollars and reinforcing Oregon’s commitment to renewable energy.
“Oregon lawmakers recognized this bill as an opportunity to preserve jobs and protect Oregon’s unique coastal legacy at the same time” said Brock Howell, Advocate for Environment Oregon. “Representative Ben Cannon led the charge and Oregon’s coastal caucus leaned in with their full support in getting this bill to the governor’s desk.”
The solemn expression on her young face, gazing out over the vast ocean before her, speaks volumes to me. This experience must be protected and provided for all generations to come.
Comments
A small issue: there isn't any oil on the Oregon Coast to ban, or to drill.
Subduction zones create big earthquakes, but they do not create petroleum traps.
Banning offshore oil drilling in a place that doesn't have oil to drill is a distraction at best.
Whatever fossil algae was there eons ago was vented out the Cascadian volcanoes.
Meanwhile, the State of Oregon wants to spend $18 billion for wider freeways and new highways, and where is the environmental group in this state that talks about that?
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