EP 548: California Drillin' & "God Squad" Meeting

About this episode

Gabriella discusses the restart of Sable Offshore Company's operations and the Endangered Species Committee's exemption for offshore oil and gas.

In Episode 548 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discusses Sable Offshore Company restarting operations off Santa Barbara's coast and the Endangered Species Committee - or "God Squad" - convening to grant an ESA exemption for offshore oil and gas on national security grounds. Tune in to learn more! SHOW NOTES Sable Offshore reveals huge amounts of oil pumping out to Chevron from Santa Barbara Sable Offshore Corp. Begins Oil Sales from the Santa Ynez Pipeline System Governor Newsom condemns and vows to fight Trump for exploiting Iran war crisis of his own making to harm California’s coastline Extinction committee strips protections from rare Gulf whale EP 371: Are Fishermen Harming Endangered Rice's Whales? ft. Captain Dylan Hubbard Former Interior Secretary Bernhardt on God Squad meeting ‘Extinction Committee’ Allows Oil Drillers to Ignore Species Protections in Gulf of Mexico Trump Cabinet exempts Gulf drilling from species protections

People in this episode

Host: Gabriella

Topics covered

• offshore drilling
• endangered species
• national security

Keywords

• California
• oil sales
• Santa Barbara
• God Squad
• ESA exemption

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Sable Offshore

Places: Santa Barbara's, Santa Barbara, Iran, California, Gulf, Gulf of Mexico

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