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Edward Markey: “Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Interior Secretary Doug…”

Featuring: Edward Markey, Democratic | U.S. Senate Massachusetts

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Fighting deepwater drilling to protect communities and ecosystems with Earthjustice and Rep. Huffman

Published | Video Starts at 01:03

Because Trump's big oil criminal enterprise is once again putting the interest of fossil fuel companies over the safety of, of our communities and our environment. Just this morning, news broke that Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum will be calling the CEOs of ExxonMobil and Chevron and other major oil companies, pushing them to do more drilling. But the problem isn't whether we have enough oil. The problem is the profiteering and the price gouging. And don't forget the pollution that comes from that. (01:03–01:21)

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Asserts that Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum are encouraging more oil drilling.

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