9 Jan 2018 8:53 am
Meanwhile......45 plans to open nearly all U.S. offshore waters to drilling, while he simultaneously rolls back safety regulations on drilling offshore that were put in place after the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf, and Congressional Republicans allowed a 9 cent per-barrel tax on oil companies that generated hundreds of millions of dollars annually for federal oil-spill response to expire.A giant oil tanker is on fire and could explode in the East China Sea.
Three days after it collided with another ship off the coast of Shanghai, the tanker Sanchi is on fire and leaking oil into the East China Sea.
And experts fear that is not even the worst-case scenario.
At least 30 Iranians and two Bangladeshi citizens were aboard the tanker when the collision occurred. One body has been recovered but not publicly identified. Rescue crews said there were no signs of survivors.
Since the crash, the Sanchi has been billowing thick plumes of black smoke into the air. Unless the fire can be brought under control, officials worry that the ship might explode and sink, releasing its 1 million barrels of oil into the water.
So, allow oil companies to drill wherever they want, while relaxing safety regulations and do away with the money put aside for cleanup.
What could possibly go wrong?