The US Maritime Administration could soon greenlight Texas GulfLink, a deepwater crude oil export terminal that’s one of 20 new fossil fuel export projects proposed for the Gulf Coast.
Part of the biggest fossil fuel buildout in the world, Texas GulfLink would export more than 1 million barrels of crude every day, increasing the risk of catastrophic spills and spewing at least 3.8 billion metric tons of pollution in its lifetime, the Center for Biological Diversity warns, adding:
“The United States already produces more oil than any country in history. We don’t need more projects that will harm human health and worsen climate disasters like hurricanes and floods.”
Texas GulfLink would also threaten endangered animals like Kemp’s ridley sea turtles and Rice’s whales, of whom 100 are left on Earth, according to the center.
“The Gulf Coast’s ecosystem, people and wildlife can’t take more needless destruction, and the planet can’t take more climate-killing oil and gas projects.”
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