US EditionTrump Plans to Open California to Offshore Oil Drilling: Report
- The Trump administration plans to open federal waters off California to new offshore drilling for the first time in more than four decades, with BOEM maps identifying four West Coast planning areas.
- Officials point to about 9.8 billion barrels of untapped oil off California's coast, framing expanded leasing as job-creating and energy-boosting after repealing protections covering more than 625 million acres.
- Gov. Gavin Newsom, lawmakers and environmental groups condemned the plan as disastrous, and an Oct. 30 letter led by Sen. Alex Padilla and signed by more than 100 lawmakers demanded a reversal.
- California's climate goals including 100% carbon neutrality by 2045 clash with expanded offshore drilling, while state laws and a 2025 assembly bill would block infrastructure use, and NOAA's reduced staff and budgets raise spill response concerns.
- Industry responses are mixed: some firms express interest while others question commercial prospects, as oil majors may prefer fracking basins in Texas and New Mexico to risky Pacific leases.
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San Bernardino Sun
If Trump opens up California for offshore oil drilling, will any companies jump in?
The Trump administration reportedly wants to turbocharge offshore oil drilling in the U.S., including the coast of California. But it remains to be seen if any new rigs ever get built. “Dead on arrival,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a short post on X, responding to a Washington Post story that the administration will soon propose six offshore lease sales in California between 2027 and 2030. If put into place, the move would mark the first new oil a…
Newsom rejects Trump plan to drill off California coast
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, the highest-ranking US official to attend the COP30 summit in Brazil, told delegates here that a Trump administration plan to open the California coast for drilling will only happen “over our dead body, full stop.” Newsom, who is stirring speculation about a 2028 bid for the White House, spent his day in Belém touring a riverside sustainable agriculture lab, signing a partnership with German officials to collaborate…
Newsom claims Trump is ‘handing the future to China’ at Brazilian climate confab that WH skipped – Trump retorts: ‘It’s time for Newscum…to drop the climate façade’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/newsom-claims-trump-handing-future-china-brazilian-climate-confab-wh-skipped ‘It’s time for Newscum and other countries to drop the climate façade,’ the White House said By Charles Creitz Fox News California Gov. Gavin Newsom was the most prominent American official to attend the COP30 global climate conference in Belém, Brazil, this week — using the platform to criticize the absent Trump administration. The […]
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EPA’s Zeldin, Sen. Capito to Newsmax: Newsom on Wrong Side of Energy Debate
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., blasted California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday on Newsmax after he said during a climate conference in Brazil that President Donald Trump's plan to open six new offshore oil leases along California's coast was "dead on arrival." Zeldin told "Rob Schmitt Tonight" that Newsom should focus on fixing California's problems instead of campaigning abroad…
WaPo: Trump Admin Plans to Allow Oil and Gas Drilling Off the California Coast
The Washington Post reports the Trump administration is planning to allow oil and gas drilling off the California coast for the first time in decades. This would include six offshore lease sales between 2027 and 2030 along the California coast, and expansion of drilling on the eastern Gulf of Mexico. California Governor Gavin Newsom denounced Trump’s plan and called it “dead on arrival.” Newsom spoke from Belén, Brazil, where he is attending the…
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