The Biden administration has given the green light to the construction of a deepwater oil export terminal off the Texas coast, which has been criticized by environmentalists. The terminal, called the Sea Port Oil Terminal, will have the capacity to load two supertankers simultaneously and export 2 million barrels of crude oil per day. The approval of the $1.8 billion project has sparked concerns about its impact on greenhouse gas emissions.
In a move that environmentalists called a betrayal, the Biden administration has approved the construction of a deepwater oil export terminal off the Texas coast that would be the largest of its kind in the United States. The Sea Port Oil Terminal being developed off Freeport, Texas, will be able to load two supertankers at once, with an export capacity of 2 million barrels of crude oil per day. The $1.
“Approving the Sea Port Oil Terminal after pausing LNG exports is not just bad news for our climate, it’s incoherent politics,'' DiPaola said. Biden “can’t claim to be a climate leader one day and then turn around and grant a massive handout to the oil industry the next. It’s time for President Biden to listen to the overwhelming majority of voters who want to see a shift away from fossil fuels, not a doubling down on dirty and deadly energy projects.
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