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Why New Jersey Is Leading Resistance To Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plan

"ASBURY PARK, N.J. — The Trump administration’s bid to expand offshore drilling sounds like a sweet deal when the oil and gas industry sells it: more jobs, increased local revenue and possibly an energy surplus that could lower home heating costs.

But Mayor John Moor’s opinion of the proposal to drill off the Atlantic Coast for the first time in decades is set: “I don’t think the risk is worth all the money in the world,” he said at City Hall, a few blocks from the popular beach boardwalk that is fueling his city’s economic turnaround.

“You could stack billions atop of billions atop of billions and it’s just not worth the risk.”"

Darryl Fears reports for the Washington Post May 27, 2018.

Source: Washington Post, 05/28/2018