Article: United States: Central Coast reacts to expired offshore drilling bill.

Article: OPINION: Dangers in oil drilling off Central Coast.
Monterey County Herald (Monterey, CA);  February 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... elsewhere is the harbinger of a drive to expand offshore drilling that's sanctioned by the Bush administration ... there didn't already know. Approval of offshore drilling along the Central Coast would undermine the sanctuary program, threaten ...

Article: WOGA fights offshore drilling foes with two ...
The Oil Daily;  March 15, 1985 ;     700+ words ...WOGA Fights Offshore Drilling Foes with Two Pollution ... SCCAMP, for South Central Coast Airometric Modeling ... basically favor of offshore drilling. "These were good ... coast are against offshore drilling. "And that persuades ...

Transcript: Profile: Efforts in California to stop a decision by the Bush ...
NPR All Things Considered;  June 14, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... administration to begin offshore drilling for oil and natural ... up California's Central Coast to oil and natural ... million to buy back offshore drilling rights in Florida ... urging a ban on offshore drilling. Elaine Korry ...

Article: California Fights Offshore Drilling Plan; Bush ...
The Washington Post;  February 13, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... leases is narrow and not an attempt to undermine the ban on offshore drilling near California's coast. "This is a property rights ... prohibiting any new drilling leases." California's scenic central coast is not home to a mother lode of offshore oil. The quantity ...

Article: Offshore Drilling Is a Touchy Subject as Far Inland ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  December 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... The issue came to a head Monday when a federal appeals court upheld a ruling that blocked new oil drilling offshore the Central Coast without a review from the California Coastal Commission. The case involves 36 tracts in federal waters offshore Santa Barbara ...

Transcript: OFFSHORE DRILLING PERSPECTIVES:SAM FARR
Congressional Testimony;  February 24, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... to the total oil spilled into the oceans, but that fact does not negate its impacts. My own district on California`s central coast may not be subjected to drilling, but we are not immune from the effects of oil exploitation. A recent small spill within ...

Article: House Seeks Offshore Drilling Ban
AP Online;  July 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... urged a federal appeals court to overturn a court order halting proposed oil and natural gas exploration off California's central coast. The former President George H.W. Bush in 1990 put a 10-year moratorium on new leasing in federal waters off California ...