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TheTrump administrationis ramping up its backing of Sable Offshore, dispatching three Cabinet secretaries to Santa Barbara while the Texas oil giantclashes with Californiaregulators in court.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy are set to tourSable’s pipelineand brainstorm strategies to overcome regulatory roadblocks threatening the project, according toThe Independent.
The visit comes as Sen. Adam Schiff and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi call for an investigation into communications between Sable executive James Flores and President Trump, as well as potential campaign contributions connected to the company.
This political standoff is playing out against the backdrop of a deepening legal brawl over Sable’s push to revive oil production through a pipeline that crosses Gaviota State Park.
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Last week, federal Judge Stephen Wilson handed the company a key victory — rejecting a request from California State Parks for a temporary restraining order that would have forced Sable to stop pumping oil through a four-mile stretch of pipeline running through the park.
State Parks has argued that the easement allowing oil to flow through that section of pipeline expired a decade ago and that the agency has denied Sable’s application for a new 30-year easement.
But Wilson ruled that State Parks had “manifestly failed to demonstrate that it will suffer irreparable harm in the absence of a preliminary injunction.”
Meanwhile, California Governor Gavin Newsom is fighting to stop operations and remove part of Sable Offshore Corp.’s pipeline to prevent environmental disasters, protect state authority, and challenge federal overreach.
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