Offshore-Wind Backers Press State to Stop Issuing Fossil-Fuel Permits

June 21, 2022

Source: Triplicate

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Local elected officials are calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to halt all permitting for future oil and gas projects, in light of recent progress with offshore wind.

The feds are getting ready to hold a lease auction in August or September for sites off Morro Bay to build floating wind turbines.

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