The Left Coast Is Pumping Again As Trump Unleashes Tens of Thousands of Barrels of Offshore Oil a Day

The news sent California Gov. Gavin Newsom, activist Jane Fonda, and their ilk into a frenzy. In mid-March, Donald Trump signed an executive order invoking the Defense Production Act, a 1950 Cold War-era law, to force the restart of a dormant offshore oil operation along the California coast. Of course, the Golden State immediately sued — how dare we produce our own energy! That litigation is ongoing, but in the meantime, the oil is officially pumping, and it’s coming out fast: Sable Offshore officially commenced oil sales through the Santa Ynez Pipeline System Sunday, marking the first time the network...