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Petroleum, Refineries, and the FutureMain MenuAppreciating Oil Refinery ScienceBy Shailesh ThapaExploring Pollution and the Environmental Impacts Associated with Petroleum RefiningBy Bailey KlauseDisaster Risks and What Refineries Can do to Best PrepareBy Nick SteinhoferThe (In)visible Violence of Petroleum RefineriesBy Klara BeinhornGlobal Environmental Justice: Holding Oil Refineries ResponsibleBy Sam HermannHealth, Petroleum Refineries, and the FutureBy: Jake RamesContributorsOil Boom Inquiry 2017Jonathan Steinwandc8ac305627e647489509eb85de97dd9cc5413a58
Implications of the Current Administration
12017-12-05T09:47:42-08:00Klara Beinhornc060574480f918c78093f5a48ae976084fc06ec2270495By Klara Beinhornplain2017-12-12T13:51:24-08:00Klara Beinhornc060574480f918c78093f5a48ae976084fc06ec2Society should be concerned about the environmental justice movement taking a step backwards as the Trump administration is no friend to the environment. The U.S. should be shifting towards renewables, weaning off of petroleum products, but instead, the government is investing in new oil infrastructure. Evidence shows the Environmental Protection Agency being shushed under the guidance of Scott Pruitt. Times journalist, Justin Worland argues Pruitt has the goal of dismantling the EPA’s core functions over time with the attempt to unravel the Clean Power Plan, President Obama’s most significant legislation in the fight against climate change (Worland). The Trump administration is a friend to the petroleum industry even seen as our Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson is the former energy executive of Exxon Mobil. Oil and gas sector analyst and contributor to Forbes, Gaurav Sharma, describes how Trump supports oil infrastructure as he issued an executive order backing the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines (Sharma). The government should be backing investments in renewable resources instead of investing in oil infrastructure. As society weans off oil, the neighborhoods affected by oil refineries will slowly recover from environmental injustice. Even as Trump took the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement, hope still stands as many states in the U.S. vow to follow the Paris Climate Agreement requirements at their own will.
Works Cited
Sharma, Gaurav. “Making America ‘Crude’ Again: U.S. Oil and Gas Industry Feels The Trump Effect.” Forbes. 27 Jan. 2017. Web. 15 Nov. 2017.
Worland, Justin. “No, President Trump Isn’t Going to Eliminate the EPA. But He Might Do This.” Time. 16 Feb. 2017. Web. 16 Nov. 2017.
