Trump Administration Backs Texas Firm’s Offshore Drilling Expansion After Major California Oil Spill
The Trump administration is supporting a Texas-based fossil fuel company’s plan to resume offshore drilling operations through the same pipeline system that caused California’s worst coastal oil spill in decades. The 2015 disaster released over 140,000 gallons of crude, devastating marine life and local fisheries along 150 miles of coastline.
California’s Coastal Disaster
When a corroded pipeline burst in 2015, it triggered California’s worst oil spill in decades, according to reports. The incident released more than 140,000 gallons (3,300 barrels) of crude oil along the Southern California coastline, creating an environmental catastrophe that stretched 150 miles from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles.
