“Trump’s Budget Proposes Sale from Emergency Oil Reserve.” Reuters, Thomson Reuters, 10 Feb. 2020, www.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-trump-budget-spr/trumps-budget-proposes-sale-from-emergency-oil-reserve-idUSKBN2042M0.

President Donald Trump released the 2021 budget in early February. This budget suggested a sale of 15 million oil barrels from our emergency reserve in order to raise money to repair the Naval Petroleum Reserve, here in California. While 15 million barrels does sound like a lot, Americans consume approximately 20 million barrels per day. This 15 million barrels will come from an emergency reserve currently holding 635 million barrels of oil. As stated before, this sale would bring in money to fund projects to fix the Naval Petroleum Reserve, which seems to be beneficial in the long run.

This relates to environmental science by bringing up politics and economics, two categories that are a part of environmental science. The article addresses how much oil Americans go through in a day – 20 million barrels – and how our politicians’ main concerns are over money instead of the environment. It also mentions the Naval Petroleum Reserve here in California, and the expenses to fix it. Many lawmakers side with this proposal to sell 15 million barrels of oil, and the article indirectly suggests that using this money to repair the reserve will not be detrimental to the country, because 635 million barrels of oil in our reserve is more than enough for an emergency situation.