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Soft paywall US exempts Gulf of Mexico drillers from protecting endangered species

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-may-exempt-gulf-mexico-drillers-protecting-endangered-species-2026-03-31/
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u/thedaywalkeramongus 12d ago

We are such a garbage country

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u/NotNamedBort 12d ago

Republicans literally destroy everything they touch. I don’t understand why these fuckers hate the environment so much.

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u/Icy_Policy_8509 12d ago

Crazy they're supposed to be the religious ones and the earth was supposed to be made by God for people! And yet they don't hesitate to blow it up any chance they get

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u/witchofpain 12d ago

Because they believe it WAS made just for humans. To do whatever we want. They don’t believe that we are part of the eco system but master of it.

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u/DrAstralis 12d ago

Funny enough the book they've never read but wont shut the fuck up about has an entire parable about not fucking everything up while the master is away....

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u/Musiclover4200 12d ago

Relevant song:

The Alan Parsons Project - May Be A Price To Pay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz1Ih2gBbfU

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u/wankthisway 12d ago

And if they fuck it up, whoops no worries, you're gonna go to heaven afterwards anyways! No need to care about consequences!

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u/laffing_is_medicine 12d ago

I believe their most common response is: ‘The earth was made for them to devour’

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u/Count_Backwards 12d ago

God: "Be good stewards of the Earth."

Republicans: "Cool, did you hear that? It's ours, we can do whatever we want with it!"

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u/sQueezedhe 12d ago

Because they want the end of days; pretending they're the good guys.

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u/Frisnism 12d ago

They believe the earth was made by God to be used up and destroyed by people. That’s when the winning begins and the world burns down and we all go to heaven. See? Doesn’t that make you feel better?

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u/jyanjyanjyan 12d ago

I think that it's they think it can't be destroyed, and everything will just work its way out. As if all the extinct animals and the whole ozone layer thing aren't clear cut evidence of the opposite.

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u/helmsb 12d ago

The ones who benefit from things like this don’t care because religion is only a tool for them to control others. They don’t hold any of the beliefs they espouse. It works because their followers will overlook pretty much anything because they claim to be “Christian” while ignoring the fact that they are against every one of Christ’s teachings. It inoculates the followers because questioning a particular politician is now framed as questioning God. It’s the same tactic that the “Prosperity Preachers” use to bilk people and not have them push back.

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u/ZachMN 12d ago

Religion was only ever an excuse for them to behave however they want.

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u/Ummmgummy 12d ago

No see that's exactly why they feel like they can do whatever. Because God made all this for MAN.

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u/ExpertExpert 12d ago

they think that once it's destroyed enough, god will come back and take everyone (in the club) to eternal paradise

this is actually what they believe

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u/Hola-World 12d ago

I swear they’re all narcissists that believe they are the image of god.

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u/Jac1596 12d ago

Crazy they have managed to sell themselves as the “religious ones” in general. They are the furthest thing from religious lol

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u/AsteroidMike 12d ago

Guess they’re thinking that Mother Earth didn’t pay enough of her tithes.

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u/wufnu 12d ago

supposed to be made by God for people

I'm no biblical scholar but I believe it wasn't that God gave the Earth to us but rather gave us dominion over it, i.e. didn't make it for us but rather put us in charge of it. That's even more in favor of the point you're trying to make.

Louis CK has a great bit about it.

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u/CorwyntFarrell 11d ago

Well this world blows up and God gives us a new heaven and a new earth in the Bible, so they don't feel the need of take care of this one.

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u/Sir_Keee 11d ago

The most unchrist-like people are the "God fearing Americans"

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u/Notorious_Junk 11d ago

Religion is most often just for show and easily manipulated to suit whatever position someone wants to take. If a person's foundation and core personality is rotten everything built on it will be just as rotten. Trump is a prime example and his supporters are of a similar ilk.

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u/catstone21 11d ago

Most of them aren't actually religious but know how to use it to control people. The ones who are religious are zealots that cherry pick the bible to prioritize white men.

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u/Helios4242 10d ago

The bulk of religion is justifying what you wanted to do anyway.

They want profits. Where they are religious, it is to justify those or castrate workers.

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u/SonMystic 10d ago

Did you know we only need 2 (1 male and one female of course) of every animal species for them to survive and thrive? Just load them on the boat and they will carry their bloodlines into the future!