District of Conservation

EP 548: California Drillin' & "God Squad" Meeting

March 31, 2026·28 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

In Episode 548 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discusses Sable Offshore Company restarting operations off Santa Barbara's coast and the Endangered Species Committee - or "God Squad" - convening to grant an ESA exemption for offshore oil and gas on national security grounds. Tune in to learn more!SHOW NOTESSable Offshore reveals huge amounts of oil pumping out to Chevron from Santa BarbaraSable Offshore Corp. Begins Oil Sales from the Santa Ynez Pipeline SystemGovernor Newsom condemns and vows to fight Trump for exploiting Iran war crisis of his own making to harm California’s coastlineExtinction committee strips protections from rare Gulf whaleEP 371: Are Fishermen Harming Endangered Rice's Whales? ft. Captain Dylan HubbardFormer Interior Secretary Bernhardt on God Squad meeting‘Extinction Committee’ Allows Oil Drillers to Ignore Species Protections in Gulf of MexicoTrump Cabinet exempts Gulf drilling from species protections

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