Oil Spills, Offshore Drilling, and Senator Adam Schiff’s Take

Ten years ago, there was a major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara. A decade later, tar still sticks to your feet when you walk the beaches there.

Now, Sable Offshore Corp. has repeatedly defied orders by the California Coastal Commission to stop work as they try to reopen the same pipeline that dumped more than 100,000 gallons of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean. (1)

The California Coastal Commission has already fined Sable Offshore a record $18 million—the largest ever levied against a company by the Commission.  But Sable is fighting this in court by arguing that their work on the pipeline is still valid under the permits that were issued to the development’s previous owner in 1987. (2) 

California Senator Adam Schiff recently published an op-ed in the L.A. Times talking about the Sable Pipeline and how it’s connected to Trump Administration rollbacks on climate progress:

Read Senator Schiff’s full take on Big Oil, Trump, and the Sable Pipeline to learn more about this pipeline agenda—and what it means for Californians.

As we face a federal government that caters to Big Oil, we need an ironclad solution to prevent companies like Sable from reopening offshore drilling against the wishes of Californians. That’s why we need to strengthen California’s ability to regulate offshore drilling, construction, and oversight to ensure safety and legal compliance for these dangerous coastal rigs. 

If you’re not okay with risking major oil spills every year to satisfy corporate greed, fill out our form to ask your representatives to protect California coasts from dangerous offshore drilling projects.