California escalates its war on Big Oil as fight over vital Santa Barbara pipeline dragged into federal court
By Titus Wu
Published May 4, 2026, 7:07 p.m. ET
California has filed a request in federal court to stop Sable Offshore Corp. from pumping oil off Santa Barbara.
It’s an escalation by state Attorney General Rob Bonta, who filed the motion Friday and announced the move on Monday.
“Sable lobbied the federal government for the illegal Wright Order as part of a campaign to short-circuit state environmental protection requirements, and Sable is now unlawfully transporting its oil through the Las Flores Pipelines,” Bonta said in a statement.
The order is in reference to President Trump’s March executive order to resume oil drilling operations off the Southern California coast, citing national energy security concerns.
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