Controversial offshore drilling was restarted near the Santa Barbara coastline as lingering memories of previous oil spills in the area prompted concern.

Sable Offshore Corporation has resumed production off the coast of Santa Barbara for the first time since a major oil spill ...

The Trump administration is proposing a sweeping move that would open more than a billion acres of coastal waters to drilling ...

In April 2010, a state-of-the-art offshore oil rig operated by BP exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. The blast killed 11 and ignited a fireball so large it could be seen from 40 miles away. For nearly ...

It’s back—the federal government’s push to expand offshore oil drilling. As the headline last month in the Long Island newspaper Newsday reported: “Plan for New Oil Drilling Off Fla. and Calif. Coasts ...

Florida Republicans are fuming as the Trump administration proposes to open up new drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. “The new maps released today by @SecretaryBurgum and @Interior outlining ...

It has been reported that the Trump administration is ready to allow drilling off the California coast. One has only to remember January 1969, when one of the worst environmental disasters in ...

Sentinel contributors Gary Griggs and Dan Haifley recently analyzed the history and current status of petroleum exploration and production along the California coast, which has been off limits to new ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. In April 2010, a state-of-the-art ...