Comment by Brolafsky on 07/03/2023 at 04:06 UTC

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View submission: Deepwater Horizon oil spill caused structural damage to Louisiana shoreline by killing its marsh plants — making the coast more vulnerable to storms that may intensify due to climate change

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Oh absolutely

• ^([Read in a southern accent et John Malkovich in the 2016 biographical disaster film 'Deepwater Horizon'])*

You see, In the bible belt, USA, where most of these moguls fare the best, any bad result of something a human did, is a force of god. You see, they put us here on this earth to do with it as we please. It is our god given right.

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Comment by TasteCicles at 07/03/2023 at 04:23 UTC

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What a strange sense of stewardship.

Comment by nowonmai at 07/03/2023 at 07:41 UTC

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The “god given right” bit is just what they spin to the suckers. It’s just about the money.

Comment by bigorangemachine at 07/03/2023 at 13:30 UTC

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Then proceeds to protect the oil companies from people living in the area with cancers.

I don't know why when you saturate a costline with oil you are still require victims to prove their cancer came from oil.