Thread by @EnvironmentTex

Starting now: @BOEM hearing about the future of offshore drilling in the Gulf & U.S. oceans.

We’re calling on @Interior @POTUS to #ProtectOurCoast and stop drilling leasing as soon as possible. Join us to hear from advocates, community leaders & more for #NoNewLeases.

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS Peter, a Texas resident is talking about how hot the summer’s been in San Antonio--and how that means we need to tackle #climatechange with renewable energy such as offshore wind, not offshore drilling.

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS Now, our national partner @EnvAm’s Ian Giancarlo is highlighting how transporting oil to shore can lead to spills--like last year’s Huntington Beach spill. We need #NoNewLeases so we can stop investing in this dirty, dangerous infrastructure.

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS On why leasing in Cook Inlet for drilling is a terrible idea, Taylor says: “Every oil spill begins with a lease sale.”

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm Kristin Schlemmer from @BayouCityWK: “I don’t even know where to start.”

From water pollution to Hurricane Harvey, climate change is slamming local communities--and rapidly shifting away from fossil fuels is critical to #ActOnClimate. #NoNewLeases

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK Joanie Steinhaus from @SeaTurtles_org highlights how critical the Gulf of Mexico is for sea turtles--and urges @BOEM to issue #NoNewLeases for our climate, and for our 🐢

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org FL Rev. Doctor Russel Meyer-The #DeepwaterHorizon spill impacted tourism, communities, churches, locals, & the economy for years. We never know when the next spill will come. We must keep carbon in the ground. There is no way to bring it out of the ground without causing damage.

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org Lyndsi, from Louisiana but now based in Texas, also recalls the #DeepwaterHorizon spill: “We were glued to the TV, praying for it to stop. It didn’t for 87 days. More leases will result in more spills.”

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org Grace- The oil and gas industry does not clean up after themselves. The future does not have to be so grim if we act now. #NoNewLeases

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org Aliki Montcrief from @FCVoters: “Residents have every reason to worry about oil blanketing our shores.”

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org @FCVoters .@HealthyGulf’s Dustin says his family has been fishing in the Gulf for generations. The value of fishing for communities in the Gulf is incalculable. Offshore drilling puts that at risk--and the cost of drilling is too high. #NoNewLeases

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org @FCVoters @HealthyGulf Cynthia Sarthou from @HealthyGulf: Each new development requires new pipelines and new pipelines consume wetlands. This increases flood vulnerability and brings more pollution. Any new impact is too much impact.

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org @FCVoters @HealthyGulf Catherine from @Oceana_in_FL: We know what it means to see our white beaches and treasured marine animals covered in oil. 100 FL municipalities have passed resolutions against drilling & nearly 70% of voters approved amendment 9 banning offshore drilling.

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org @FCVoters @HealthyGulf @Oceana_in_FL Matthew from @NPCA--National Parks in the Gulf have seen damages from the #DeepwaterHorizon, and one of the most impacted is still dealing with those damages. Across the country climate change is taking a toll. We need to end drilling, and start with #NoNewLeases.

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org @FCVoters @HealthyGulf @Oceana_in_FL @NPCA Ashley from @TaprootEarth: Our wetlands and barrier islands have eroded our storm buffer. Do not allow MY home to continue to be a sacrifice zone.

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org @FCVoters @HealthyGulf @Oceana_in_FL @NPCA @TaprootEarth Peter from Louisiana Progress: I’ve seen it get harder for people to thrive along our coast, and as a new father, I have a hard time seeing a bright future, given the degradation caused by drilling. The Gulf has led our energy system, it’s time for us to lead on #RenewableEnergy

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org @FCVoters @HealthyGulf @Oceana_in_FL @NPCA @TaprootEarth Mattea calling in from Oregon, where the skies are orange this week. As part of @EvergreenAction, she wants #NoNewLeases because we need to limit #globalwarming below 1.5 degrees C. We don’t have any room for new fossil fuel production, anywhere, if we want to achieve this goal.

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org @FCVoters @HealthyGulf @Oceana_in_FL @NPCA @TaprootEarth @EvergreenAction .@kdianehoskins from @oceana: permanent protections could save us tons of greenhouse gas emissions. We need #offshorewind, not more drilling.

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org @FCVoters @HealthyGulf @Oceana_in_FL @NPCA @TaprootEarth @EvergreenAction @kdianehoskins @oceana Dorothy, on behalf of the Indigenous Peoples of the Coastal Bend. From Corpus Christi, they are calling for #NoNewLeases. Community is overextended with polluting industries, we want to move away from fossil fuels towards renewable energy... “We’re fighting for our home.”

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org @FCVoters @HealthyGulf @Oceana_in_FL @NPCA @TaprootEarth @EvergreenAction @kdianehoskins @oceana Sue Mauger- ED of @Inletkeeper: @BOEM acknowledges a 1 in 5 chance of an oil spill in Cook Inlet. Cook Inlet fisheries face great pressure from industry, and two thirds of Alaskans fish and live in this watershed. #NoNewLeases

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org @FCVoters @HealthyGulf @Oceana_in_FL @NPCA @TaprootEarth @EvergreenAction @kdianehoskins @oceana @Inletkeeper Barak with @LAWaterkeeper. Southern CA is getting hotter & the fire season is longer. Just last year, #HuntingtonBeach oil spill devastated the coast. New drilling will bring more extreme weather, biodiversity crisis. “Don’t keep us stuck in the past” and issue #NoNewLeases

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org @FCVoters @HealthyGulf @Oceana_in_FL @NPCA @TaprootEarth @EvergreenAction @kdianehoskins @oceana @Inletkeeper @LAWaterkeeper Caroline Lewis from Miami, founder of @CLEOInstitute. Communities in Miami are tired of getting told to prepare for sea level rise that is not their fault. #NoNewLeases on American soil. As a science teacher: it is clear we need to act to avoid #climatechange tipping points.

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org @FCVoters @HealthyGulf @Oceana_in_FL @NPCA @TaprootEarth @EvergreenAction @kdianehoskins @oceana @Inletkeeper @LAWaterkeeper @CLEOInstitute Grant, founding member of the Business Alliance for Protecting the Pacific Coast: After last October’s Southern CA spill, we had fisheries and beaches closed for weeks & months--and businesses lost out. #NoNewLeases for our climate, and our coasts.

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org @FCVoters @HealthyGulf @Oceana_in_FL @NPCA @TaprootEarth @EvergreenAction @kdianehoskins @oceana @Inletkeeper @LAWaterkeeper @CLEOInstitute Marion from @RethinkEnergyFL- Our people are threatened by rising sea levels, red tides, and hurricanes and cannot tolerate more drilling. Florida is 3 feet above sea level. We can’t continue to invest in #offshoredrilling

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org @FCVoters @HealthyGulf @Oceana_in_FL @NPCA @TaprootEarth @EvergreenAction @kdianehoskins @oceana @Inletkeeper @LAWaterkeeper @CLEOInstitute @RethinkEnergyFL Shanna Edberg from @HispanicAccess: We are losing our past underwater…@BOEM has support for moving away from drilling, with 83% of Latino voters support a transition to 100% #RenewableEnergy

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org @FCVoters @HealthyGulf @Oceana_in_FL @NPCA @TaprootEarth @EvergreenAction @kdianehoskins @oceana @Inletkeeper @LAWaterkeeper @CLEOInstitute @RethinkEnergyFL .@RyanGiunta17 from @uspirg: “If we’re serious about combating climate change, moving forward with offshore drilling lease sales is the wrong course of action to take.”

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org @FCVoters @HealthyGulf @Oceana_in_FL @NPCA @TaprootEarth @EvergreenAction @kdianehoskins @oceana @Inletkeeper @LAWaterkeeper @CLEOInstitute @RethinkEnergyFL @RyanGiunta17 @uspirg Amy Eichert operates a kayaking business in Tampa. People travel from all over the country and the world to see the birds and wild places in Tampa Bay. Seeing the damage from red tide, she worries about the risk of an oil spill. We need #renewableenergy not drilling.

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org @FCVoters @HealthyGulf @Oceana_in_FL @NPCA @TaprootEarth @EvergreenAction @kdianehoskins @oceana @Inletkeeper @LAWaterkeeper @CLEOInstitute @RethinkEnergyFL @RyanGiunta17 @uspirg Next up: @AKEnvironment’s @DyaniChapman on why drilling in our ocean is bad news: “Here in Anchorage, we had one of the driest Junes ever on record, and one of the wettest Augusts…We need to eliminate the use of fossil fuels as quickly as possible.”

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org @FCVoters @HealthyGulf @Oceana_in_FL @NPCA @TaprootEarth @EvergreenAction @kdianehoskins @oceana @Inletkeeper @LAWaterkeeper @CLEOInstitute @RethinkEnergyFL @RyanGiunta17 @uspirg @AKEnvironment @DyaniChapman Reina says offshore drilling will inevitably result in another catastrophe. We need to see a 5 year plan that emphasizes sustainable oceans. We need to stop prolonging this harmful drilling in our oceans.

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org @FCVoters @HealthyGulf @Oceana_in_FL @NPCA @TaprootEarth @EvergreenAction @kdianehoskins @oceana @Inletkeeper @LAWaterkeeper @CLEOInstitute @RethinkEnergyFL @RyanGiunta17 @uspirg @AKEnvironment @DyaniChapman Ray Jordan, Pastor of First Community Church UCC Dallas talks about his lifelong love affair with the ocean, which reminds him of the divine. He invites us to extend our moral imagination to a sustainable world, a world free from smog, pollution & fossil fuels. He can imagine it.

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org @FCVoters @HealthyGulf @Oceana_in_FL @NPCA @TaprootEarth @EvergreenAction @kdianehoskins @oceana @Inletkeeper @LAWaterkeeper @CLEOInstitute @RethinkEnergyFL @RyanGiunta17 @uspirg @AKEnvironment @DyaniChapman Emma from @KeysSurfrider: Florida is known for its beaches, manatees, world renowned recreation, & crystal clear water- all of which are threatened by offshore oil drilling.

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org @FCVoters @HealthyGulf @Oceana_in_FL @NPCA @TaprootEarth @EvergreenAction @kdianehoskins @oceana @Inletkeeper @LAWaterkeeper @CLEOInstitute @RethinkEnergyFL @RyanGiunta17 @uspirg @AKEnvironment @DyaniChapman @KeysSurfrider David from South Carolina lives a few minutes from the coast, where they are already experiencing effects of climate change. Hurricanes, tropical storms put offshore oil drilling rigs at greater risks. #ProtectOurCoast

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org @FCVoters @HealthyGulf @Oceana_in_FL @NPCA @TaprootEarth @EvergreenAction @kdianehoskins @oceana @Inletkeeper @LAWaterkeeper @CLEOInstitute @RethinkEnergyFL @RyanGiunta17 @uspirg @AKEnvironment @DyaniChapman @KeysSurfrider Isabella with @RachelCarsonDC (but from FL): Oil spills are an unavoidable part of offshore drilling, and it will take decades to understand how it has impacted the next generation of wildlife. We should look back on history for why we can’t do this again.

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org @FCVoters @HealthyGulf @Oceana_in_FL @NPCA @TaprootEarth @EvergreenAction @kdianehoskins @oceana @Inletkeeper @LAWaterkeeper @CLEOInstitute @RethinkEnergyFL @RyanGiunta17 @uspirg @AKEnvironment @DyaniChapman @KeysSurfrider @RachelCarsonDC .@EnvAm’s @KelseyLamp: “even when we avoid catastrophic oil spills, offshore drilling takes a toll on our coastal ecosystems and communities.”

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org @FCVoters @HealthyGulf @Oceana_in_FL @NPCA @TaprootEarth @EvergreenAction @kdianehoskins @oceana @Inletkeeper @LAWaterkeeper @CLEOInstitute @RethinkEnergyFL @RyanGiunta17 @uspirg @AKEnvironment @DyaniChapman @KeysSurfrider @RachelCarsonDC @KelseyLamp Naomi from @HealthyGulf: Each storm brings destruction and devastation to the communities and ecosystems on the coast. If we can’t deal with the pollution from the existing infrastructure, how can consider adding more?

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org @FCVoters @HealthyGulf @Oceana_in_FL @NPCA @TaprootEarth @EvergreenAction @kdianehoskins @oceana @Inletkeeper @LAWaterkeeper @CLEOInstitute @RethinkEnergyFL @RyanGiunta17 @uspirg @AKEnvironment @DyaniChapman @KeysSurfrider @RachelCarsonDC @KelseyLamp Kat reminds us that we all know: you, me, Biden, Haaland, even shareholders know we don’t need more oil infrastructure. Consider the people in future generations & abandon the idea of new oil drilling and exploration.

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org @FCVoters @HealthyGulf @Oceana_in_FL @NPCA @TaprootEarth @EvergreenAction @kdianehoskins @oceana @Inletkeeper @LAWaterkeeper @CLEOInstitute @RethinkEnergyFL @RyanGiunta17 @uspirg @AKEnvironment @DyaniChapman @KeysSurfrider @RachelCarsonDC @KelseyLamp Choe with @txenvironment calling in for Jessica: Drilling will bring us to the climate brink. She lived through Hurricane Harvey and wants to make sure these natural disasters don’t get worse.

@BOEM @Interior @POTUS @EnvAm @BayouCityWK @SeaTurtles_org @FCVoters @HealthyGulf @Oceana_in_FL @NPCA @TaprootEarth @EvergreenAction @kdianehoskins @oceana @Inletkeeper @LAWaterkeeper @CLEOInstitute @RethinkEnergyFL @RyanGiunta17 @uspirg @AKEnvironment @DyaniChapman @KeysSurfrider @RachelCarsonDC @KelseyLamp @txenvironment And that brings us to a close of hour #3. Join us back at @EnvironmentTex for the next two hours of this hearing to hear more from folks calling on @BOEM to #ProtectOurCoast and issue #NoNewLeases