The 2021 Huntington Beach oil spill turned thriving beach economies into ghost towns overnight, and Washington learned nothing. Despite overwhelming public opposition, the federal government is fast-tracking new offshore drilling along OC’s coast, risking small businesses on an industry that has already proven it will leave devastation in its wake.
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