The Army Corps of Engineers, at the request of Trump, plans to dredge a deeper channel through San Francisco Bay and into the Delta to enable oil tankers to move greater amounts of crude, including Alberta tar/oil sands to and from Bay Area refineries. Dredging will unearth toxins from the fossil fuel, corporate agriculture and other industries that have settled on the bottom of the Bay and Delta. Additionally, dredging will also increase refinery production, impact the salinity of the Bay and Delta and have devastating impacts on life in the waters, including the threatened Delta smelt which is hovering on extinction and is an anchor species.
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7/31/2019 11:28:12 pm
I don't know the reason why Trump is coming up with the said projects, but this has to stop! I am sure that there are bette plans that might be done rather than dredging a deeper channel through San Francisco Bay and into the Delta to enable oil tankers to move greater amounts of crude, including Alberta tar/oil sands to and from Bay Area refineries! This isn't a good idea, that's is the reason why lot of people are against the proposed plan. Army Corps of Engineers should make a stand because they know it's not a good idea and they should stop following orders from the president when they know it's not right.
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