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Saturday, June 23rd, 2018

Reversing Obama’s initiatives, Trump focuses national ocean policy on business

Author:     James Rainey
Source:     NBC News
Publication Date:     Jun.21.2018 / 2:32 PM ET
 Link: Reversing Obama’s initiatives, Trump focuses national ocean policy on business
Stephan:   The fundamental stupidity of the christofascist world view is that it is based on a toxic amalgam of theology, ideology and sanctimonious greed instead of facts. It is  a willful ignorance that is ultimately self-destructive, and this story illustrates what I am saying. The Trump Reich and Trump himself are the result of about a third of Americans not having the courage to face reality so they have retreated into a 1950s Leave it to Beaver, Father Knows Best, fantasy of White supremacy that sees the world as man's dominion by divine fiat. All of that has to be abandoned if we are to survive. We can either learn that lesson or have it forced upon us.

Clownfish swim among coral reefs off the coast of the French overseas territory of Mayotte, in the Comoros Archipelago of the Indian Ocean.
Credit: Alexis Rosenfeld / AFP

LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump has unveiled a new policy that depicts the world’s oceans as a resource ripe for expanded business opportunities, reversing the Obama administration’s emphasis on protecting “vulnerable” marine environments.

In issuing an executive order this week, Trump said he was “rolling back excessive bureaucracy” and focusing on “growing the ocean economy.”

“From sea to shining sea,” Trump said in a statement, “Americans benefit from the ocean’s bounty — from the industries it supports and the jobs it creates.”

The immediate impacts of the shift are unclear. Allies applauded the change as eliminating excessive government intrusion, while environmental organizations said it continues a pattern of Trump supporting industry over long-term protections for the environment. They also questioned how much emphasis the world’s oceans would get from an administration that is yet to appoint a […]

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