The thing says they can now dispose of trash and do loud things in the Gulf of Mexico (America haha). But what does that actually get us?

Googling and LLMing around it allows normal sea operations in the Gulf so drilling is possible etc. Interesting. So they’re going to try to get more oil out of there?

Can’t say I trust their competence very much here. It’s more likely to be a carve out for a friend than anything else and I’m pretty pro deregulation in general.

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beerandt 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This is more preemptive I suspect- 'they' have been reclassifying different species trying to get a bona-fide Gulf endangered one to use against exploration and production. Especially that one whale subspecies.

This kills that on multiple fronts.

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ZeroGravitas 5 hours ago | parent [-]

I guess the whole Whales killed by wind turbines thing turned out to be concern trolling then. What a surprise!

> Fact-checking Donald Trump's claim that wind turbines kill whales

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66928305

	▲	beerandt 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No- making a fake endangered species to shut down operations that don't actually harm the species (endangered or not)... Is hardly the same as objecting to activities that distress pretty much all animals in the vicinity long term.

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coliveira 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The goal for these companies is not to extract more oil. This is the bait. They want to produce the same amount of oil they already do, but pay less for the expenses of doing anything to comply with regulations.

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pstuart 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> But what does that actually get us?

Who said anything about "us". Every action taken by this administration is specifically for self-enrichment (directly or to cronies/patrons), the destruction of things that they deem "woke", and the punishment and persecution of their perceived enemies and non-humans.

I wish that was hyperbole, and that I could be proven wrong.