California Governor Calls for Permanent Ban on Offshore Drilling Off State – gCaptain
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California Governor Jerry Brown is calling on President Barack Obama to use his authority to permanently ban new offshore oil and gas leasing in federal waters off the coast of California.
The call comes along with other actions Governor Brown outlined Wednesday to combat climate change and help protect the ocean off the Golden State.
The Governor has also signed an agreement with the U.S. Interior to help expand offshore renewable energy development, as well as joined global leaders to launch the International Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification.
In a letter sent Wednesday to President Obama, Governor Brown called on the administration to use its authority under Section 12(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently withdraw federal waters off the coast of California from new offshore oil and gas leasing and guarantee that future oil and gas drilling in these waters is prohibited.
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Additionally, Governor Brown joined Washington State Governor Jay Inslee, Oregon Governor Kate Brown, Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Chile in the United States Patricio Utreras, and Consul General of France in San Francisco Emmanuel Lebrun-Damiens, to launch a new partnership of jurisdictions around the world committed to protecting coastal communities and economies from the threat of rising ocean acidity. The partnership called the International Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification.