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Trump's push for new offshore drilling is likely to run aground in California

  • Written by Charles Lester, Researcher, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz
Kelp and sardines in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.NOAA, CC BY

The Trump administration’s effort to dramatically expand federal offshore oil production has reignited a battle with California that dates back nearly 50 years.

On January 28, 1969, a blowout from Union Oil’s Platform A spilled more than 3.2 million gallons of...

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