Oil Begins Flowing Through California Pipeline Under Trump Order

[hookaleft]

Oil had not flowed through the pipeline since a 2015 rupture caused an environmental disaster on California’s Central Coast. It sets up a new fight between the Trump administration and state officials.

Oil has begun flowing through a pipeline near Santa Barbara, Calif., for the first time in more than a decade after the Trump administration ordered offshore production to resume there despite strong objections from California officials.

The pipeline had been shut down since 2015, when a rupture caused one of the worst oil spills in state history, releasing more than 100,000 gallons of oil onto California’s Central Coast and covering birds and beaches in tar.

The new owner of the pipeline, Sable Offshore, announced on Monday that it had resumed oil production on Saturday at the direction of Energy Secretary Chris Wright and after Mr. Trump invoked the Defense Production Act, which the Trump administration said superseded state laws.

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[Lovie777]

1. Stealing California oil....

like when shithole had the California water, gallons wasted by allowing it to be released into the ground.

The current administration hates California.

[SunSeeker]

2. The last time it flowed, we had a DISASTEROUS oil spill all along our most beautiful beaches.

Fortunately, CA's Attorney General is already in court trying to block it.