CNBC by Jeff Daniels 9/8/2018
California Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday signed legislation to block the Trump administration's plan to expand offshore oil drilling along the California coast.
The legislation seek to thwart the administration's plan to expand offshore oil and gas drilling by barring new construction of drilling-related infrastructure, such as pipelines, within state waters.
The Democratic governor also announced the state's opposition to the federal government's plan to expand oil drilling on public lands in California.
California Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday signed legislation to thwart the Trump administration's efforts to expand offshore oil drilling along the California coast.
At the same time, the Democratic governor announced the state's opposition to the federal government's plan to expand oil drilling on public lands, an idea that's is controversial in conservation-minded California. It follows the U.S. Interior Department move in January that proposed to open up 90 percent of the country's offshore oil and gas reserves through new federal leases.
"Today, California's message to the Trump administration is simple: Not here, not now," Brown said in a press release. "We will not let the federal government pillage public lands and destroy our treasured coast."
The two bills signed by Brown on Saturday, Senate Bill 834 and Assembly Bill 1775, seek to prohibit new construction of oil drilling-related infrastructure, such as pipelines, within state waters if the federal government authorizes any new offshore oil leases.
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