美国能源部长丹·布劳耶特（Dan Brouillette）2月在葡萄牙的液化天然气工厂访问期间。图片来源：美联社/Armando Franca

2020年5月18日，美国能源部长丹·布劳耶特（Dan Brouillette）在接受Axios独家采访中表示，银行对北极石油和天然气钻井融资的限制类似于过去的做法——所谓的歧视——即不向有色人种提供贷款。

Bank restrictions on the financing of oil and gas drilling in the Arctic are akin to past practices —known as redlining — of not loaning to communities of color, Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette told Axios in an exclusive interview.

 

正值全球与新冠疫情大流行作斗争之时，有关北极钻探延续数十年的鏖战突然升级。最近，美国六家最大的银行中有五家宣布，它们将不为北极的石油和天然气开发提供资金，这引发了保守派和业界的强烈反对。

A decades-long battle over Arctic drilling is suddenly escalating even as the world grapples with a pandemic. Five of America’s six biggest banks have recently announced they won’t finance oil and gas development in the Arctic, prompting conservative and industry backlash.

 

自去年12月以来，美国六大银行中的五家——高盛、富国、花旗、摩根士丹利和摩根大通——宣布将不再直接为北极新的油气开发提供资金。其中特别包括北极国家野生动物保护区。

Since last December, five of America’s six biggest banks — Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Citi, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan — have announced they won’t directly finance new oil and gas development in the Arctic. This includes specifically the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

 

丹·布劳耶特说：“多年来，银行不放贷，保险公司也不为国家的少数民族地区制定保单。‘划红线’这个词出现在所有的辩论中。我们不希望银行给国家的某个区域划红线，在这儿我们也不想。我认为银行不应该在全国范围内取消石油和天然气投资。”

"For years and years and years, banks would not lend money, insurance companies would not write policies in minority areas in the country. Redlining is the term used all throughout those debates. 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." — Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette