SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Outgoing President Joe Biden took action on Congressman Salud Carbajal’s (CA-24) request to ban future offshore drilling off the Central Coast today.
Biden signed a new executive action shielding more than 625 million acres of Federal waters from future oil and gas exploration.
Rep. Carbajal, who presents the 24th Congressional District, has been working on this since introducing the ban as his first-ever bill in 2017.
“The Central Coast knows all too well the damage and devastation that can come from an oil spill. That’s why I made it my mission from my first bill in Congress to permanently ban offshore drilling off our coast. And with President Biden’s help today, this goal is now reality,” said Rep. Carbajal. “I deeply appreciate all the Central Coast residents and stakeholders who have spoken up during these past four years to encourage the President to follow through on this ban, which builds on his already impressive climate legacy. Together, we have passed the largest climate actions in U.S. history, shielded communities and ecosystems across our nation, and even created lasting testaments to our environment like the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary.”
President Biden also issued a comment.
"My decision reflects what coastal communities, businesses and beach-goers have known for a long time: that drilling off these coasts could cause irreversible damage to places we hold dear and is unnecessary to meet out nations' energy needs," said Biden, "It is not worth the risks."
The Congressman was one of 12 members of Congress who wrote to the White House requesting action before the end of Biden's term later this month.
The ban covers the entire California Coast including the area damaged in the historic1969 oil spill that launched Earth Day and the environmental movement.
The spill covered the coast with 100,000 barrels of crude oil.
The Refugio Oil Spill on May 19, 2015 followed, but Sable oil is working to restart the platform linked to the eroded pipeline that caused that spill.
The waters between the newly-designated Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary and the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary will now be protected unless Donald Trump overturns the efforts.
The ban was Congressman Carbajal's first piece of legislation entitled the California Clean Coast Act on January 2017 on the anniversary of the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill, in which 100,000 barrels of crude oil were spilled into the waters off of California's Central Coast.
Rep. Carbajal represents all of Santa Barbara County and large portions of San Luis Obispo and Ventura Counties.
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