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Government,
Environmental & Energy,
Administrative/Regulatory

Jan. 17, 2018

Shift in offshore drilling policy is a step back

I've seen firsthand the devastation of an offshore oil spill. As a young lawyer for the city of Santa Barbara in 1969.

A. Barry Cappello

Managing Partner
Cappello & Noel LLP

litigation

Phone: (805) 564-2444

Email: abc@cappellonoel.com

UCLA SOL; Los Angeles CA

Cappello & Noël LLP is one of four law firms acting as lead counsel representing class members in the Plains All American Pipeline Santa Barbara oil spill litigation. Mr. Cappello is lead trial counsel.

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Shift in offshore drilling policy is a step back
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns in the Gulf of Mexico on April 21, 2010. (New York Times News Service)

When will America learn that oil drilling in the waters off our coast is a disaster certain to happen again? Just when it seemed our nation was finally coming to its senses about the pristine nature of our coastal waters; just as the world was beginning to reduce its dependence on oil; we take two giant steps back. The recent announcement from the Trump administration's Interior Department that it intends to allow oil exploration and new drilling by energy companies o...

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