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California’s first new national marine sanctuary in 32 years to ban offshore oil drilling along 100 miles of coastline (www.mercurynews.com)

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The area, which includes popular spots like Pismo Beach and the Gaviota Coast, is home to humpback whales, sea otters, leatherback sea turtles, kelp forests, rocky reefs and more than 200 shipwrecks. Under the proposal, it would cover 4,543 square miles — an area nearly four times the size of Yosemite National Park — and extend out to 60 miles offshore.

The Chumash sanctuary will be the first national marine sanctuary in the nation proposed by a Native American tribe. The Northern Chumash Tribe, based in Los Osos, near Morro Bay, began advocating for the idea in 2015.

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[–] SolarMonkey 5 points 3 weeks ago

Good, fuck private profit at public expense.

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