Trump Administration Pushes for<br />Arctic Drilling, Denies ‘Climate Crisis’ The Trump administration is currently<br />seeking the ability to offer lease sales<br />for oil drilling across 1.56 million<br />acres of coastal plains in Alaska. In a recently released environmental impact statement,<br />the Bureau of Land Management argued in favor of the<br />administration, saying “there is not a climate crisis.” BLM, via statement They went on to argue that the warming<br />of the Earth does not cause “unlivable”<br />conditions, but rather favorable ones. BLM, via statement According to environmental groups,<br />the statement by the BLM is a “coordinated<br />disinformation effort” by the administration. Brenda Ekwurzel, Union of Concerned Scientists<br />Director of Climate Science, via ‘The Hill’
