Carpinteria Oil Facility in Next Phase of Decommissioning
Barge seen off the coast is actively pulling up pipeline.
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Feds Opens Up 850,000 Acres of Central Coast to Oil and Gas Drilling, Fracking
Public land now open to leasing includes a parcel next to Cate School in Carpinteria, a public park in Lompoc, and land bordering Lake Cachuma.
Santa Barbara County Planning Commission Approves Onshore Oil Ban and Phase-Out Plan
The commissioners vote 3-2 to get oil out of Santa Barbara.
Chevron Decommissioning Onshore Oil and Gas Processing Facility in Carpinteria
Chevron will be removing the inactive infrastructure and restoring the land to a residential standard over the next three years.
After Public Outcry, Feds Invite Oil and Gas Companies to Nominate Blocks of Ocean off California for Offshore Drilling
The Santa Barbara Channel is among the areas under consideration for leasing; the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s public comment window closes on February 26.
New Drilling and More Spilling? New Oil and Gas Drilling Threatens Central Coast
The Trump administration proposes to sell off billions of acres of offshore land to new oil and gas leases.
Santa Barbara Supervisors Pull Plug on Onshore Oil Industry
The Board of Supervisors votes 3-2 to ban new drilling and phase out all existing onshore oil operations.
Sable Oil Loses Major Courtroom Battle with Coastal Commission
Santa Barbara judge rules company needed permits before doing pipeline repairs.
Thousands of Jobs Are at Risk If Tri-County Clean-Energy Projects Lose Funding, Warns Rep. Carbajal
Santa Barbara congressmember raises the alarm over the Trump administration’s “big bad ugly bill” and its impact on green projects on the Central Coast.
Santa Barbara County Being Eyed for New Oil Drilling and Fracking
The Bureau of Land Management announces public comment is open for proposed oil and gas leasing and development on more than 400,000 acres of federal land from Fresno to Ventura counties.
