oil pipeline

The Hunt Amendment would allow the use of eminent domain to seize land needed for Sable Offshore Corporation's oil production in Santa Barbara County.

He wants to know if improper dealings allowed the company to restart its Santa Barbara County pipeline.

But the ruling isn't stopping Sable Offshore Corporation from operating the pipeline.

The California Coastal Commission says it will again pursue a new cease-and-desist order against Sable Offshore Corporation.

Congressman Salud Carbajal and Sen. Adam Schiff want to see correspondence between Sable Offshore Corporation and the federal government.

But the company invoked a presidential order to resume operations weeks ago. The judge has set a hearing to determine if the company is in contempt.

The State Parks Department's legal action seeks an injunction from a judge to stop the pipeline's operation.

Judge orders the federal government to release documents related to its decision to allow Sable Offshore Corporation to restart the pipeline.

The U.S. Department of Justice ruled that the President could invoke the Defense Production Act to restart an oil pipeline that ruptured in 2015.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta calls the federal action an attempt to circumvent the state.