After the Plains All American pipeline spilled thousands of gallons of oil into the ocean off the coast of Santa Barbara in 2015, the Santa Ynez Unit for offshore oil production was shut down. ExxonMobil has repeatedly sought to reopen this unit to no avail, most recently through an unsuccessful lawsuit against the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors for voting against their proposal to do so. KCSB’s Zoha Malik speaks to Environmental Defense Center’s Senior Attorney, Maggie Hall, to talk about ExxonMobil’s complaint and why the reopening of Santa Ynez would continue to pose a threat to Santa Barbara wildlife.
