House Armed Services Dem Says Trump Coal Export Plan Could Hurt Military [1]
"House Armed Services Committee ranking member Adam Smith (D-Wash), on Tuesday, blasted President Trump's proposal to use military bases to export coal from the West Coast to Asia, saying it could hurt military readiness.
“This is a clear attempt to circumvent environmental oversight and protection,’ Smith said in a statement. “The Trump Administration is once again using national security as an excuse to drive their short-sighted agenda.”
Turning U.S. military bases into export terminals “could be an encroachment risk and potentially harm military training, operations, and readiness,” while doing “nothing to help address the impacts of climate change or benefit the energy resiliency of Department of Defense installations,” Smith added."
Ellen Mitchell reports for The Hill October 16, 2018. [2]
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