TRUMP IS COMING FOR CALIFORNIA
It’s up to us to resist his
drill, baby, drill agenda
Emboldened by Trump’s “drill baby drill” agenda, Sable Offshore Corp., a new Texas-based oil company, is running roughshod over California regulations to restart the same disaster-prone oil pipeline that caused one of the worst oil spills in California history.
They’re boldly disregarding California laws while racking up a long list of violations, a record-high $18 million fine, an investigation into misleading their investors, and even two court orders halting the project.
And climate champion Gov. Newsom? Silent.
To truly take on Trump, Gov. Newsom must take on his fossil fuel agenda, too.
Add your voice to stop the restart.
How did we get here?
On May 19, 2015, a severely corroded oil pipeline owned by Plains All American burst and spewed 450,000 gallons of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean at Refugio State Beach on Chumash land and waters. Hundreds of marine mammals and birds were killed alongside untold numbers of other marine organisms. Fisheries were shut down and recreational opportunities lost.
In 2018, a jury found Plains guilty of nine criminal counts for spilling oil into state waters, killing wildlife, and failing to alert authorities. The company later paid $61 million in civil penalties to the state and federal governments and settled a lawsuit with coastal landowners and fishers for $230 million.
Now, Sable Offshore Corp, the Texas-based oil company that bought the pipeline from Exxon in 2023, is racing against the clock to restart the very same infrastructure that caused the spill, and facing widespread outrage and resistance from the Chumash Nation, local groups, students, surfers and more, as it blatantly disregards state laws, and runs roughshod over California regulations.
But the opposition to this project is loud, determined, and growing.
