Marin Voice: Offshore drilling plan for California must be rejected

The Trump administration is threatening California’s future by proposing to open the state’s coastline to offshore oil drilling for the first time in more than four decades.

A newly released draft plan would allow up to six lease sales off the California coast, alongside expanded drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska. This reckless proposal ignores science, overwhelming public opposition and the urgent need to move away from fossil fuels amid an accelerating climate crisis.

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