Activists from Texas and Louisiana were arrested Wednesday in Washington after staging a sit-in at the Department of Transportation, which could rule as soon as next week on one of four proposed offshore oil terminals.
A tanker loads crude at a new onshore terminal operated by Enbridge outside Corpus Christi. The Environmental Protection Agency has given approval for a new deepwater offshore oil export terminal to be built off the coast of Freeport in the Gulf of Mexico., our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
The activists say the terminals, designed to expand the nation’s oil export capacity by 6.5 million barrels a day, clash head on with the Biden administration’s aggressive climate goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and would enable decades of growth in U.S. fossil fuel production. Offshore terminals, 30 miles into the Gulf, would allow the world’s largest tankers to draw oil directly from Texas, where oil exports have surged since Congress lifted an export ban in 2015. Currently, a lack of deepwater access is hampering export growth as output from Texas’ Permian Basin sets records and prices soar, requiring smaller ships toThe four proposed offshore terminals, all in Texas, would significantly increase capacity for the U.S. oil industry, whichLast month, the U.S.
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