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Is it Time for More Oil Drilling Off the Shores of California?

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The Santa Barbara oil spill of 1969 gave a shot in the arm to America’s environmental movement.  Since 1981, there’s been a federal ban on offshore drilling. But there has not been another major spill of that kind in US waters.  Memories are short, gasoline prices are sky high—and technology has improved.  Tonight, does the moratorium have a future? On Reporter’s Notebook, George Carlin remembered by Harry Shearer.

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Is California Ready to Rethink Offshore Oil Drilling? ()

Offshore oil drilling is almost an abstract issue in California, except in Long Beach and Santa Barbara, where giant rigs dominate the scenery.  Now the high price of gasoline has John McCain campaigning to end the federal moratorium on offshore drilling—in those states that approve it.  Governor Schwarzenegger is opposed to the idea.  State Democratic leaders today denounced it.  But as many as 5.6 billion barrels of oil might be available off California—along with 10 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.  

Guests:
  • Eric Smith: UC Santa Barbara Political Science Professor
  • Linda Krop: Chief Counsel at The Environmental Defense Center in Santa Barbara
  • Joe Sparano: President of Western States Petroleum Association

Reporter's Notebook

Comedian George Carlin Dies ()

George Carlin, who changed the nature of comedy, died yesterday at 71.  We’ll talk about him tonight with another humorist: Harry Shearer. 

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Which Way L.A.? is made possible in part by the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, which supports study and research into policy issues of the Los Angeles region.

 

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