North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman joined a pair of his colleagues today in sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke opposing the administration’s recently released draft offshore oil drilling plan and specifically requesting that it remove California. The letter leans heavily on Zinke’s rationale for removing Florida from the plan — […]
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Interior Releases Draft Plan to Open North Coast Waters to Oil Drilling
This morning the Trump administration announced sweeping plans to increase offshore oil drilling around the country, including in Northern California. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke released the draft five-year plan, which would potentially see a combined 47 site leases auctioned off in the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Region, Pacific Region and off the […]