Tag Archives: Jim Budi
President Biden’s flurry of actions to protect the environment reignites a controversy about the Atlantic’s only marine monument
Last June, as part of a concerted campaign to dismantle the environmental policies of the Obama administration, Donald Trump met with fishermen in Maine and signed a proclamation that allowed commercial fishing in nearly 5,000 square miles of federally protected waters southeast of Cape Cod. In all, Biden ordered federal agencies to begin reviewing and restoring more than 100 environmental regulations that were dismantled or weakened by the Trump administration. While many of Biden’s orders could have a significant impact on New England, the review of the (Northeast Canyons and Seamounts) marine monument, a Connecticut-sized area that lies about 130 miles southeast of Provincetown, has stirred immediate controversy. >click to read< 11:44
Jim Budi dismantles Sammy Fretwell’s Oceana talking points about the S.C. shrimp industry
In the article “Careless fishing causes depletion of marine life” by Sammy Fretwell, reporting on an Oceana study, readers were misled by out-of-context statistics and by omissions. The report painted a bleak picture of wild-caught shrimp, ignoring the reality of a vastly improved conservation landscape. Read more here 09:27
