Santa Barbara, 1969. This spill was to the domestic offshore oil industry what "Three Mile Island, 1979" was to the domestic nuclear power industry, or "Exxon Valdez, 1989" was to... to... prompt resolution of civil litigation relating to oil spill damages?
The ban on west coast drilling (sans parts of Alaska) remains in effect. It is as permanent as the will of the U.S. Congress to sustain it.
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The ban on west coast drilling (sans parts of Alaska) remains in effect. It is as permanent as the will of the U.S. Congress to sustain it.