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Edward Markey: “The world's top 100 oil and gas companies bank more than $30…”

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 08:14

So we should be protecting our environment in our coastal communities, not coming up with new ways to destroy them. But that's not what this administration is doing. The world's top 100 oil and gas companies bank more than $30 million in profit every hour. Every hour in the first month of Trump's war. It is time to stop Trump from lining the pockets of big oil billionaires at the expense of the American people. (08:14–08:23)

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Asserts that the top 100 oil and gas companies earn over $30 million in profit every hour.

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