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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Gloria Oladipo

Oil flows again through controversial California pipeline after Trump order

People inspect oil washing ashore on a beach
Oil washing ashore after a spill from the pipeline near Goleta, California, in May 2015. Photograph: Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara county fire department /EPA

Oil has begun to flow from a controversial California pipeline system for the first time in more than a decade following a Trump administration order, despite state officials decrying the move.

Sable Offshore Corporation, the Houston-based owner of the coastal pipelines, announced on Monday that offshore oil was now flowing through its Santa Ynez unit and Santa Ynez pipeline system, which runs through several California counties.

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