environmental review

The Bureau of Land Management, or BLM, is reopening its environmental review of oil and gas development across Central California, including parts of the Central Coast.

The California Coastal Commission voted Thursday to impose fines up to $18.2 million dollars on Sable Offshore Corporation. The penalty is for unauthorized work along the Gaviota Coast, including repairs on the pipeline that spilled more than 100,000 gallons of crude oil near Santa Barbara.

Fracking has been a hot topic on the Central Coast ever since the Trump administration released an environmental review about the possibility of expanding…