In Episode 548 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discusses Sable Offshore Company restarting operations off Santa Barbara's coast and the Endangered Species Committee - or "God Squad" - convening to grant an ESA exemption for offshore oil and gas on national security grounds. Tune in to learn more!

SHOW NOTES

Sable Offshore reveals huge amounts of oil pumping out to Chevron from Santa Barbara
Sable Offshore Corp. Begins Oil Sales from the Santa Ynez Pipeline System

Governor Newsom condemns and vows to fight Trump for exploiting Iran war crisis of his own making to harm California’s coastline

Extinction committee strips protections from rare Gulf whale

EP 371: Are Fishermen Harming Endangered Rice's Whales? ft. Captain Dylan Hubbard

Former Interior Secretary Bernhardt on God Squad meeting
‘Extinction Committee’ Allows Oil Drillers to Ignore Species Protections in Gulf of Mexico

Trump Cabinet exempts Gulf drilling from species protections