Coastal Groups Unveil Anti-Drilling Billboards

0:00Environmental groups, wild coast and the Sierra Club, teamed up with coastal politicians to drop three new billboards in San Diego, blasting the push for. Offshore oil drilling, they unveiled the first one Friday in Claremont, Mesa, joined by State Senator Catherine Blake Spear, Congressman Mike Levin, and Councilmember Joe. Lakava. The science picture oil rigs messing up beach sunsets with a clear call, stop offshore drilling. The other two sit in Pacific Beach, hitting right where beachgoers live. These spots aim to wake folks up to oil spill risks, like the 25,000 to 30,000 gallons that leaked off San Pedro Bay back in, October 2021. Leaders point to how pollution from Tijuana River sewage already crushed imperial beach tourism, sales and home values. No repeat needed for the whole. Coast. Locals feel it deep. Still watching captains warn spills could wipe out marine life from garibaldi fish to humpback whales, then shutter sport fishing, and daily boat runs that feed families.

1:04Thousands of jobs hang in the balance, with San Diego's coastal economy pumping billions yearly. Recent federal moves sparked this, like plans for new leases off California after decades off limits, plus restarting a Santa Barbara pipeline under, old defense laws, the state suing to block it. One leavens firing back with his seven California coast, an ocean protection act, for forever ban on new drilling. All this builds a fierce wall of activism, laws, and lawsuits to shield those priceless shores from turning into spill zones. Local news, powered by AI. This is California News Today.