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Refugio oil spill
Coverage of Refugio oil spill in the Nexus archive.
- Ninth Circuit asked to shut down California offshore oil drilling operation
Seven environmental groups and California are challenging the federal government's approval of an offshore oil pipeline near Santa Barbara, arguing it was restarted without proper oversight after a 2015 spill. The legal dispute centers on whether the pipeline constitutes interstate commerce, with the federal government and California presenting conflicting arguments about its regulatory jurisdiction.