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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Dani Anguiano

Controversial California oil pipeline can continue to operate, judge rules

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Sable’s Santa Ynez unit in Santa Barbara, in June. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

An oil pipeline can continue to operate off the California coast after a judge gave it the green light this week, despite the opposition of state regulators and environmental groups.

The system off the coast of Santa Barbara resumed operations earlier this year for the first time in more than a decade after Donald Trump ordered Sable Offshore Corporation to reopen it, citing US energy needs during the war in Iran.

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