SACRAMENTO — On Thursday, Speaker of the Assembly Robert Rivas and Senate President Pro Tem Monique Limón issued the following statements condemning the Trump administration’s catastrophic plan to open up California’s coastline for offshore oil drilling:
Speaker of the Assembly Robert Rivas
“California is investing in an affordable and sustainable energy future, but Donald Trump is dragging the country backward with a dangerous plan that puts our coastline and local economies in jeopardy. Risking catastrophic oil spills isn’t an energy strategy, it’s a direct threat to the workers and businesses that depend on a healthy coast. Offshore oil drilling is the wrong answer for our energy future, and the wrong direction for California and the nation.”
Senate President Pro Tem Monique Limón
“We are committed to protecting California as this federal Administration goes against the wishes of Californians, and reopens our waters to dangerous offshore drilling. New offshore drilling leases lock us into decades of pollution, a dependency on fossil fuels, and moves us further away from our climate goals.
“Given the historical experience of both the Central Coast of California and the Gulf Coast we can all see the writing on the wall — which is why there has been a bipartisan effort to stop the expansion of drilling along our coastlines. Oil spills in these waters have devastated local economies, including business owners, fisheries, and centers of tourism. A proposal to expand drilling off our coast is misguided and irresponsible.”
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