Was Huntington Beach spill the last straw for California oil?

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The San Diego Union-Tribune

The amount of oil produced in California has been steadily falling for more than three decades. And the fallout from last month’s spill of some 25,000 gallons of crude off the coast of Huntington Beach may hasten the decline. Is the age of oil in the Golden State fast approaching its demise? It’s an open question. Environmental groups have called for stopping all offshore drilling with an eye on extending the ban to eventually prohibit extraction of all oil and gas in the state — on land as well as offshore. “Our hope is this is the beginning of the end of oil extraction and, in particular, of…

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