U.S. Gulf Coast groups concerned as Trump picks BP lawyer to top DOJ post

[riversedge]

Source: reuters





Environment | Wed Jun 7, 2017 | 4:42pm EDT

By Valerie Volcovici | WASHINGTON

U.S. President Donald Trump's selection of Jeffrey Bossert Clark to be the Justice Department's top environmental lawyer has raised concerns by Gulf coast environmental groups as he was the lawyer for international oil company BP Plc in the aftermath of the company's 2010 drilling rig explosion.

Trump named Clark on Wednesday to be Assistant Attorney General for environment at the Department of Justice, representing the U.S. government on environmental regulation and enforcement issues.

Clark, a partner at Kirkland & Ellis, represented BP after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion and Macondo oil well rupture that killed 11 workers and caused the largest offshore environmental disaster in U.S. history.

The accident polluted large parts of the Gulf, killing marine wildlife and harming businesses.

Along the U.S. Gulf coast, local communities are still grappling with cleanup and restoration, and had relied on the federal government and EPA to protect them against climate change and oil and gas company accidents, said Cynthia Sarthou, director of the Gulf Restoration Network in Louisiana.....................................

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-climatechange-enforcement-idUSKBN18Y31P

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Seems to get worse as the days go by.

[LuckyLib]

1. Draining the swamp. Once again.

[DK504]

7. Destroying our swamps.

Maybe this F-ing F-er will allow some more sinkholes the size of Texas to open up in the middle of the bayous.

Was he ever brought up on charges for 11 counts of manslaughter? Oh, noooooo, of course no one was punished for killing 11 men and wrecking the Gulf of Mexico. Fuck Trump.

[katmondoo]

2. The pattern is to always pick the most unqualified person for the job.

[LisaM]

6. Yes, he has a complete knack for that.

It's uncanny.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

9. Yeah, just like Trump who is also the most unqualified person for his job. n/t

[Honeycombe8]

3. The plan to dismantle the government continues full steam ahead. nt

[xxqqqzme]

4. Yet another swamp rat

escapes the drain.

[tiptonic]

5. Oil

Its always the oil slime. Why not, they have the power.

[montana_hazeleyes]

8. This ASS would

name a fox as hen house security.