Greens use Endangered Species Act to whack jobs, jack up gas prices

The Wall Street Journal reports this morning on a story American Tradition Partnership has been monitoring — a callous push to declare the common dunes sagebrush lizard to be an “endangered species” in order to shut down oil and gas drilling in across New Mexico and west Texas, which would achieve their stated goal of eradicating jobs and driving up the price of energy.
The Journal reports this morning:

“This is the most prolific oil-producing region in onshore America,” said Ben Shepperd, president of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association, an industry group in Midland, Texas. “If you are to knock out a big portion of that, it clearly would drive prices up at the gasoline pump.”…

…Politicians suggest dire consequences if the lizard is subject to the Endangered Species Act. In New Mexico, Republican Gov. Susana Martinez warned Fish and Wildlife officials in a May letter that “the future of our state’s economy and livelihood of so many employers and hardworking New Mexicans are at stake….

Get the whole story at The Wall Street Journal.

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