[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT, ENERGY: "Oil exploration could hamper military operations, former Naval Station Norfolk [VA] commander says"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Oil exploration could hamper military operations, former Naval Station Norfolk commander says

by Rami Yoakum
Virginia Beach Southside Daily (VA)
May 16, 2018

VIRGINIA BEACH — It’s difficult to believe that our nation’s highest political leaders would do anything that could hamper or negatively impact our military’s ability to prepare and defend our nation.

But that appears to be the case as President Donald Trump and his administration have proposed opening the Atlantic Coast of Virginia to gas and oil drilling.

While the environmental dangers of drilling for fossil fuels in the depths ocean are obvious and all too real (see BP Deepwater Horizon 2010), the potential for incidents between the numerous military units stationed in and around Hampton Roads and the oil rigs that could one day ring our coast aren’t quite as clear.

Nonetheless, they’re very, very real.

Since 2005 the Department of Defense has been clear in its opposition to drilling off the Virginia coast, referring to it as an “unacceptable encroachment” that would put not only military training operations at risk, but also lives.

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For the entire article, see
https://southsidedaily.com/local-news/2018/05/17/oil-exploration-could-hamper-military-operations-former-naval-station-norfolk-commander-says/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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