Letters to the Editor: Texas oil company shouldn’t be allowed to put California’s environment at risk

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To the editor : Given the existential scale of oil-industry-caused climate change, Texas-based Sable Offshore Corp. should not be allowed to drill in waters off California’s coast ( “How grand plans to restart oil drilling off Santa Barbara’s coast hit California’s green wall,” Oct. 13). The Golden State’s environment and economy should not be put at risk in order to enrich Lone Star State investors.

California has America’s largest ocean economy, estimated at $44 billion . The largest components of this economy are tourism, recreation and commercial and recreational fishing, with aquaculture and renewable energy generation becoming increasingly important. Oil spills have c