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Environmental Defense Center
Chief Counsel at the Environmental Defense Center in Santa Barbara, California
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Linda Krop
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The Refugio Oil Spill, One Year Later Jonathan Bastian leads a lively discussion with local environmental and oil experts on major issues like criminal and civil liability, wildlife restoration, pipeline regulation and the history of oil production along the Central Coast.
Which Way, L.A.?
Governor Drops Support for Off-shore Drilling Citing the spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Governor Schwarzenegger has cancelled what’s called the Tranquillon Ridge Plan , which would have allowed new drilling from a rig offshore from Santa Barbara. But that was only part of the deal. Linda Krop is Chief Counsel at the Environmental Defense Center in Santa Barbara.
Which Way, L.A.?
California Takes Another Look at Offshore Oil Drilling Since the Santa Barbara oil spill of 1969, offshore drilling has been anathema to most Californians, including the environmentally-minded Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. But now the Governor is behind a proposal to allow a Texas company to slant drill from a platform in federal waters to a field inside California’s three-mile limit.
Which Way, L.A.?
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.
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