Trump’s Offshore Drilling Push Faces Deep-Rooted Opposition in California

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  1. California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s opposition to the Trump administration’s offshore drilling plan is on sturdy ground, at least politically. In 2021, almost three-quarters of Californians opposed offshore drilling, according to polling by the Public Policy Institute of California. The survey showed 82% of Democrats, 70% of independents and 43% of Republicans were opposed to it. 

    “They clearly remember the spills,” said Andy Lipow, president of Lipow Oil Associates in Houston. “They take a long time to clean up.” 

    The modern environmental movement traces its roots back in part to the Santa Barbara oil spill of 1969, a catastrophe that spurred then-President Nixon to impose a drilling moratorium off the state’s coast. In Kern County, oil spills could be contained to relatively small areas of land. In the ocean, the stakes are much higher. 

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