Offshore oil development would threaten tourism and fishing in Georgia; so says a bipartisan group of state lawmakers. They’ve introduced resolutions in the Georgia House and Senate against oil drilling – or even looking for oil – off the coast of Georgia.
The Trump Administration has proposed opening up much of the East Coast for oil exploration, and could be issuing permits soon for companies to begin seismic testing for oil.
Even the idea of those tests has drawn opposition from coastal communities, let alone the prospect of drilling – or the potential for an accident.
“My family comes from a little small town, and we were all shrimpers. I can’t imagine what an oil spill would have done to our family lives,” said Senator Lester Jackson, a democrat from Savannah who’s one of the sponsors of the senate resolution opposing offshore oil.
He was joined Wednesday in the Capitol rotunda by lawmakers from both sides of the aisle, from both houses, and from both the coast and metro Atlanta.
