by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor
As Appearing in the California Globe
Since 1990, California’s imports of petroleum from non-U.S. producers have increased by a staggering 713%
The Trump Administration just announced plans to open nearly all U.S. waters to oil drilling leases, including new offshore leases off of the California coast. The proposal outlines six lease sales in areas along the California coast between 2027 and 2030, Offshore Technology reports.
California Governor Gavin Newsom immediately responded that Trump’s proposal is “dead on arrival,” doubling down on California’s business-killing climate change policies, which don’t include oil.
The plan is “dead on arrival in California — dead on arrival,” Newsom told reporters at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil, Bloomberg News reported. It’s “interesting he didn’t put it in front of Mar-a-Lago,” Newsom added, referring to Trump’s Florida resort. “It’s disgraceful.”
The Trump administration is also is preparing to outline potential sales of drilling rights in waters near Alaska and in the Gulf of America, according to a draft five-year plan seen by the Washington Post.
