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California sues Trump to keep shut oil pipeline on Santa Barbara coast
California challenges federal use of the Defense Production Act to restart Sable Offshore pipelines, citing violations of state law and court orders amid escalating fuel price tensions.
- On Monday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a federal lawsuit to block the Trump administration's order forcing the restart of the Santa Ynez offshore oil operation, challenging use of the Defense Production Act to bypass state environmental regulations.
- U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright invoked the Defense Production Act on March 13 to mandate the pipeline's immediate operation, ending a shutdown that began after a 2015 rupture spilled more than 142,000 gallons of crude oil.
- Sable Offshore CEO Jim Flores argues the restart supplies 50 military bases, but Bonta's lawsuit claims the administration failed to prove an energy shortage, calling the federal order a "breathtaking power grab."
- Despite legal challenges, the company resumed pumping oil on March 14 and expects to reach full production of more than 50,000 barrels per day by April 1, while the state's injunction request was denied Monday.
- This conflict marks the 65th legal challenge California has filed against the administration, intensifying a broader clash over federal authority and state police powers as the state seeks to vacate the emergency restart order entirely.
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California sues Trump administration to block order restarting offshore oil operation
Energy Secretary Chris Wright directed Sable Offshore Corp., a Houston-based oil and gas company, to restore activity at the Santa Ynez Unit and the Santa Ynez Pipeline System located off the coast of Santa Barbara earlier this month.
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YouTube@KCRA 3 California is suing the Trump Administration following an order to reopen an oil pipeline off the Santa Barbara coast. Last Friday, the president invoked emergency powers to restart the Santa Ynez Pipeline System from Las Flores Canyon to Pentland Station. Trump cited the Defense Production Act. On Saturday, oil flowed through the pipeline for the first time since 2015. Attorney General Rob Bonta sued on Monday. State lea…
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