And they are making it easier for these oil and gas projects to cut corners and kill off critical safety regulations. And just last week, The Department of Interior announced that it plans to combine the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, which were initially separated following the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe. If the Deepwater Horizon disaster, we saw what happens when the agency that takes money from offshore energy companies is the same agency responsible for safety, oversight and environmental protection. (06:18–06:35)
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Asserts that the Department of Interior plans to merge two bureaus that were separated after the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
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