Press Releases
December 12, 2024
RE: Protecting California from the proposed restart of dangerous oil operations on the Santa
Barbara coast
Dear Governor Newsom,
We, the undersigned organizations, are grateful for your efforts to hold the oil industry accountable and protect Californians from oil industry pollution. Your bold leadership gives hope to communities burdened by pollution and affected by the climate crisis. California action to phase out oil production is all the more important now given the threats of more offshore oil drilling and climate inaction under a second Trump administration.
We are writing today regarding the shocking, potentially imminent restart of the pipeline that caused the 2015 Plains Pipeline oil spill. Restarting this dangerous pipeline would allow renewed operation of the largest offshore oil operation in the Santa Barbara Channel and its onshore production facilities, which have been shut down for nearly ten years.
December 5, 2024
RE: Re: Sentinel Peak Trucking Permit Application
Chair Martinez and Planning Commission Members,
On August 21, 2024, the Board of Directors of Get Oil Out! (GOO!) voted to oppose Sentinel Peak’s application to truck oil from Santa Maria to Coalinga, California.
GOO! is a long-standing community organization created immediately following the devasting 1969 oil spill, the worst man-made environmental disaster in US history at that time. Our mission is to preserve and conserve Santa Barbara’s unique natural environment, scenic beauty and resources by opposing offshore and onshore fossil fuel developments which pose a significant danger to that environment.
August 21, 2024
RE: 2030 Climate Action Plan
Dear Santa Barbara County Supervisors,
We the undersigned representing thousands of County residents thank you for considering the updated Climate Action Plan (CAP), which outlines actions we can take to help meet the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030.
However, there is a significant omission: The greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory excludes emissions from oil and gas facilities. We are writing to ask you to direct staff to include these emissions in the GHG inventory.
June 27, 2024
Re: H.R. 6814, Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act - OPPOSE
Dear Chair Bentz and Ranking Member Huffman:
On May 17, 2024 and May 29, 2024, respectively, the Boards of Directors of Get Oil Out! (GOO!) and Santa Barbara County Action Network (SBCAN) voted to opposed H.R. 6814. We are submitting this letter to your Committee urging that you not pass this bill out of Committee.
Get Oil Out! (GOO!) was founded in the aftermath of the tragic 1969 oil spill that devastated Santa Barbara’s beaches, as well as its local tourist economy. In addition to monitoring new proposals for oil development, as well as existing projects, GOO! reviews and takes positions on legislation it deems of importance to our mission. SBCAN is a countywide grassroots organization that works to promote social and economic justice, to preserve our environmental and agricultural resources, and to create sustainable communities.