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August 24, 2018

Gulf Refineries Seek Taxpayer Dollars to Defend Against Rising Seas
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Back in the United States, climate justice groups are blasting the
fossil fuel industry over an effort to secure billions of taxpayer
dollars to protect coastal infrastructure from climate change. The plan
would create a massive "spine" of seawalls on the Gulf Coast to protect
dozens of coastal refineries from encroaching seas and ever more
powerful storms. Texas alone has requested $12 billion for the project.
In response, Jamie Henn of 350.org tweeted, "Let me get this straight.
Big Oil is asking taxpayers to pay for protecting their refineries from
sea level rise that they caused by keeping us addicted to oil? Yeah…no."


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