LA Times David Helvarg LA Times David Helvarg

To stop Trump’s pillaging, ‘vote the ocean’ this fall

Our public seas are being looted, and the receipt is coming due. From gutted ocean science programs to fast-tracked deep sea mining leases to a president who'd rather drill than let the wind blow past his golf course, the assault on America's blue frontier has been relentless — and largely unchecked by a Congress too compliant to say no. This November, that record doesn't just belong in the headlines. It belongs in the voting booth.

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