Trump has brought much-needed attention to a site of great tragedy: the Gulf of Mexico

特朗普让人们注意到一个极具悲剧性的重要地点:墨西哥湾

‘The poison comes from every direction, with more toxic waste released into the Gulf of Mexico than into any other comparable body of water.’

‘The poison comes from every direction, with more toxic waste released into the Gulf of Mexico than into any other comparable body of water.’

2025-02-04  2699  晦涩
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But Trump says it’s time for a change, that the great bay should be called the Gulf of America. He signed an executive order making it so, emphasizing the Gulf’s economic importance to the US. Trump’s right. If the intensive extraction of riches from a patch of nature bestows proprietary rights over that patch, then the Gulf belongs to the US. For more than a century, its industries have drilled, fracked and fished it to such an intense degree it’s a wonder there’s any oil, gas or seafood left to be had.

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