Liberal groups criticized U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette on Tuesday for a comment they interpreted as comparing the reluctance of some banks to finance fossil fuels projects with discrimination against minorities.
The environmental advocacy group League of Conservation Voters and consumer rights group Public Citizen both called for Brouillette to resign over comments in an interview with Axios on Monday.
Brouillette, who once worked for the financial services company USAA, was quoted as saying by Axios that the refusal of some banks to finance drilling in the Arctic was a form of “redlining”. “Redlining is the term used all throughout those debates,” Brouillette told Axios. “We didn’t want banks redlining certain parts of the country. We don’t want that here. I do not think banks should be redlining our oil and gas investment across the country.”
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