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Sable in Noncompliance With Preliminary Injunction Blocking Santa Barbara Oil Pipeline Restart SANTA BARBARA, Calif., April 17, 2026 — A Santa Barbara Superior Court judge today rejected Sable Offshore Corp.’s request to rescind a preliminary injunction prohibiting the restart of an oil pipeline system on the California coast until and unless specific conditions were met. The company restarted the pipeline in March, despite the injunction....
Posted: Sun, Apr 19, 2026 1:02pm PDT
New Analyses: EPA Consistently Fails to Warn Public of Pesticide Cancer Risks WASHINGTON, March 30, 2026 — The Environmental Protection Agency has routinely failed to put cancer warnings on pesticide products even when its own assessments have found a high risk of those products causing cancer, according to two new analyses released today by the Center for Food Safety and the Center for Biological Diversity....
Posted: Mon, Mar 30, 2026 2:41pm PDT
Pipeline That Caused Massive 2015 Santa Barbara Oil Spill Restarts Illegally Sable Relies on Unprecedented Trump Order to Violate State, Federal Law...
Posted: Mon, Mar 16, 2026 11:55am PDT
Trump administration order declares embattled oil project exempt from state laws SANTA BARBARA, CA, March 13, 2026 – In a move that experts say directly challenges the rule of law in the United States, the Trump administration today issued an order declaring that a start-up Texas oil company is exempt from any state law that conflicts with its plan to restart oil production on California’s Central Coast....
Posted: Sat, Mar 14, 2026 1:23pm PDT
Judge Upholds Preliminary Injunction Barring Immediate Restart of Santa Barbara Oil Pipeline SANTA BARBARA, Calif., February 27, 2026 — A Santa Barbara Superior Court today upheld its July preliminary injunction prohibiting the restart of an onshore oil pipeline system that ruptured in 2015 until certain conditions are met....
Posted: Mon, Mar 2, 2026 8:39am PST
Elected officials, health experts urge BLM to stop new oil and gas leases on public lands California groups are speaking out against moves by the Bureau of Land Management to open up new leases for oil and gas drilling in the Bakersfield area and on the Central Coast....
Posted: Wed, Feb 25, 2026 2:42pm PST
4 ICE detention deaths in just 10 days into the New Year Washington, DC, Monday, January 12, 2026 — While communities in Minneapolis and across the country mourn the death of Renee Nicole Good, who was executed by ICE last Wednesday, ICE has revealed that four people died in its custody in just the first 10 days of the New Year:...
Posted: Tue, Jan 13, 2026 10:07am PST
Analysis: Trump Offshore Drilling Plan Could Generate 4,000+ Oil Spills Disasters Could Threaten Endangered Species With Extinction...
Posted: Tue, Jan 6, 2026 10:22am PST
Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors Vote for Final Denial of Oil Permits for Sable With a 3-1 vote, the Board rejected the company’s application to take over permits for onshore oil and gas facilities on the Gaviota Coast previously held by ExxonMobil...
Posted: Thu, Dec 18, 2025 10:52am PST
EDC Opposes Trump Administration’s Plan to Open up Santa Barbara Channel to New Oil Drilling Santa Barbara, CA , November 20, 2025 – Today, the Environmental Defense Center (EDC) announced its strong opposition to the U.S. Department of Interior’s newly released Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program (“the Draft Program”) that includes federal waters off the entire West Coast including fragile regions such as the Santa Barbara Channel....
Posted: Tue, Nov 25, 2025 10:32am PST
Court Rules Off-Road Vehicle Use at California’s Oceano Dunes Violates Endangered Species Act OCEANO, Calif., November 21, 2025 — In response to a lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, a federal court has ruled that the California Department of Parks and Recreation violated the Endangered Species Act by allowing motorized vehicle use that harms imperiled shorebirds at the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area....
Posted: Fri, Nov 21, 2025 11:13am PST
A Win for Mamdani is a Win for Renters Everywhere Mamdani is the antidote to the corporate landlord dominance we see in cities across the US. He doesn’t just speak on behalf of rent-stabilized tenants; he is one....
Posted: Wed, Nov 12, 2025 7:41am PST
Coca-Cola reports using nearly 8 billion pounds of plastic in 2024, 1.4 billion more than 2019 Company increases plastic use by 4.6% in just one year, coinciding with abandonment of plastic packaging reduction targets...
Posted: Mon, Nov 10, 2025 3:58pm PST
Santa Barbara County Casts Preliminary Vote Against Transferring Oil Pipeline Permits to Sable SANTA BARBARA, Calif., November 4, 2025 — The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors today voted 4-1 to prepare written findings to support denying transferring permits from ExxonMobil to Sable Offshore Corp. for an embattled onshore pipeline system that caused one of California’s worst oil spills. The board will hold a final vote on Dec. 16....
Posted: Wed, Nov 5, 2025 10:11am PST
Elected officials, union members and grass roots organizations stand up for offshore wind Despite the federal government pulling support for offshore wind nationally in favor of fossil fuels, many elected officials from the communities that are a part of the offshore buildouts continue to work towards what they see as its eventuality. Elected Officials to Protect America (E.O.P.A.) hosted a gathering with elected officials, unions, and grassroots organizations at the IBEW Local 639 Union Hall in San Luis Obispo. The event, on October 6, 2025, featured experts speaking on offshore ...
Posted: Tue, Oct 14, 2025 9:53am PDT
CA’s Hydrogen Hub Loses Federal Funding; Groups Respond October 2, 2025 - This week, news broke that the Department of Energy cancelled funding for California’s proposed hydrogen hub, also known as ARCHES, among other projects....
Posted: Sun, Oct 5, 2025 2:06am PDT
UFCW, REI Announce Agreement to Establish National Bargaining Structure August 2025 - Following joint meetings in Chicago in July the UFCW and REI Co-op announced an agreement to establish a national bargaining structure to inform store-level collective bargaining agreements for the 11 unionized REI stores....
Posted: Mon, Sep 1, 2025 1:58pm PDT
Trump Administration Moves to Kill National Forest Roadless Rule WASHINGTON, August 27, 2025 — The Trump administration today proposed rescinding the nation’s landmark roadless rule. The move would open nearly 45 million acres of wild, unfragmented national forests to road construction, logging and other development....
Posted: Fri, Aug 29, 2025 8:59am PDT
Santa Cruz County proposal could allow the destruction of homeless RVs Santa Cruz County proposal could allow the destruction of homeless RVs
Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors meeting
9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19, online or at 701 Ocean St., room 525, Santa Cruz.
Join on Zoom or call 669-254-5252, meeting ID 160 123 6676. To comment ahead of the meeting, email BoardOfSupervisors@santacruzcountyca.gov by 5 p.m. monday...
Posted: Mon, Aug 18, 2025 12:45pm PDT
I could try to be blindly brainwashed and bootlicky too... I'm tired of the same old tired comments, manipulations, and excuses regarding our most important issues. It's time to get real....
Posted: Fri, Aug 15, 2025 12:05pm PDT