Oil Drilling and Sea Bed Mining off California’s Coast?

Posted by Rachel Goodman | Jan 16, 2026 | All Talk, Local, Outdoors, Politics, Politics & Activism, Program, Rachel Anne Goodman, Science, Talk of the Bay | 0

Talk of the Bay from KSQD

Oil Drilling and Sea Bed Mining off California's Coast?

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Ocean advocate, Dan Haifley discusses the intricacies and urgency of preventing oil drilling and mining off California’s coastline, as the Trump administration goes all in for “drill, baby drill” policies that would open the coastal waters to extractive industries. The deadline for comment is January 23rd. Comments can be submitted to the Federal Register by January 23, 2026, at: Regulations.gov. Contact your Congressional representative Jimmy Panetta at: Congressman Jimmy Panetta | Representing the 19th District of California.

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Rachel Goodman

Rachel is host of Talk of the Bay and Board Chair of KSQD. She is the producer of radio documentaries such as Southern Songbirds: The Women of Early Country and Old Time Music, The Boomtown Chronicles, and Pastures of Plenty, a History of California Farmworkers. She teaches journalism at Cabrillo College in Aptos. She is a recipient of a Peabody award for excellence in journalism.