California Restricts Utility Shutoffs as Dangerous Heat Ripples Across State Energy By Alejandro Lazo, CalMatters State regulators rejected utilities’ proposal and ordered broader protections against power shutoffs during dangerous heat.
Congress Votes to Give Department of War Power over State on Behalf of Sable Offshore Politics By Nick Welsh Santa Barbara Congressmember Salud Carbajal blasts the provision in the defense budget bill as a “bailout for polluters.”
California Attorney General Sues Feds over Sable Offshore Yet Again Courts & Crime By Nick Welsh Rob Bonta has charged that the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration illegally waived federal safety regulations for the Texas oil company’s pipelines that run through Santa Barbara County.
Sable Offshore Asks Feds to Seize State, Private Lands in Santa Barbara County Energy By Callie Fausey
Feds Opens Up 850,000 Acres of Central Coast to Oil and Gas Drilling, Fracking Energy By Callie Fausey
High-Ranking White House Officials to Visit Sable Offshore’s Legally Embattled Pipeline Project in Santa Barbara County Energy By Nick Welsh