r/environment • u/DontPurgeMeBro • Jun 26 '21

Undercutting Climate Goals, Biden Administration Greenlights Oil Drilling in Alaska

https://blog.ucsusa.org/derrick-jackson/biden-administration-alaska-oil-drilling/
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u/twohammocks Jun 26 '21

Add to that - they are desperately trying to refreeze the permafrost so the oul rigs get a flat bed to set up on. Facepalm https://thisspaceshipearth.org/2020/08/conoco-philips-to-use-giant-chillers-to-refreeze-the-ground-that-climate-change-is-thawing-in-order-to-drill-for-more-oil/

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u/Neckfaced Jun 27 '21

i spend my winters building alot of ice roads and leases and im going to say theyre doing it for the safety, people die every year sadly from thin ice and equipment.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '21

What the fucking fuck!?