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Future of Offshore Drilling Still Uncertain and Other News Bytes
By Montecito Journal   |   August 5, 2025

A renewed legal and political firestorm is brewing off the Central Coast as federal authorities and fossil fuel companies push to restart oil production at the long-shuttered Santa Ynez Unit (SYU), while local environmental groups and Santa Barbara County mount legal resistance. The U.S. Department of the Interior has hailed the project’s revival as a […]