意见:加州需要关闭所有石油钻探作业

这篇观点社论是《正规的彩票app合集》的特刊  PUBLISHED: October 12, 2021 at 5:15 a.m. | UPDATED: October 12, 2021 at 5:20 a.m.

On Oct. 1, off the coast of Orange County, an oil pipeline failed, spilling 134,000加仑的原油流入海洋，在太平洋上形成比圣莫尼卡还大的浮油. 石油被冲上亨廷顿海滩，渗进塔尔伯特沼泽湿地, 加州濒危野生动物的生态保护区. 死鱼和死鸟已经开始被冲到加州的海滩上，海滩上覆盖着黑色的柏油. And the ecological damage is still unfolding.

If only this kind of disaster were a surprise.

加州历史上最严重的石油泄漏事件已经过去50多年了, in the Santa Barbara Channel in 1969. 300万加仑的石油泄漏到海洋和海滩上, 杀死了野生动物，污染了从海峡群岛一直到墨西哥的沿海水域. 美国历史上最严重的石油泄漏事件已经过去11年了, “深水地平线”(Deepwater Horizon)钻井平台在五个痛苦的月里向墨西哥湾泄漏了超过2亿加仑的石油.

It’s been six years since the 2015 Refugio spill, where 100,000加仑的石油破坏了加维奥塔海岸的原始区域. 就在几周前，飓风艾达横扫墨西哥湾，沿途石油基础设施泄漏, with 55 reports of oil spills within two weeks. 上个月泄漏到墨西哥湾的石油总量仍不得而知.

因此，正规靠谱的彩票app本周看到的画面令人深感悲伤. But they are no surprise.

美国的海上石油基础设施不仅仅是正规靠谱的彩票app能看到的钻井平台和油轮. It encompasses countless miles of pipelines, some in use, some abandoned, that lie hidden on the ocean floor, connecting the rigs to onshore facilities. 在另一场灾难来临之前，所有这些管道都是看不见的, and oil rises to the surface, killing ocean life. 这让正规靠谱的彩票app意识到人类依赖化石燃料的代价.

亨廷顿海滩溢油造成的13平方英里的浮油, the onshore stench, the black tar on the beaches, all only hint at the larger consequences. 海滩将继续关闭几个月，可能会带来危险. 无数的鱼类和鸟类将会死亡，远远超出目前受影响的六英里海岸线. Southern California’s coastal waters, 成群的海狮和成群的迁徙鲸, will take years to recover. 在海滩上散步的流行病解药在这里已经没有了.

It was all preventable.

这不是一个更好地规范行业的问题——钻井平台已经启航了. Beta Offshore, the owner of this latest broken pipeline, 在过去11年里被监管机构引用100次. Beta并不是唯一未能阻止灾难的公司:2018年, there were 137 oil spills in the United States. It’s sadly simple: When we drill, we spill.

So we need to stop. Stop selling drilling leases, 停止在公海上增加新的油井和新的钻机, and shut down the rigs operating today.

加州民选官员应该拒绝对现有钻机和管道进行许可证续期, taking old infrastructure out of production. 他们应该禁止为钻井平台提供服务的新陆上设施的建设. They should use all the tools they have — zoning, 不仅要阻止问题的蔓延，而且要真正消除它.

California’s conversion to 100% clean electricity, currently scheduled for completion in 2045, can’t come soon enough, 还必须包括利用清洁和可再生能源使正规靠谱的彩票app的交通系统电气化的能力. 正规靠谱的彩票app还必须采取措施减少能源使用，全面节约能源. We must do what it takes to wean ourselves off oil.

人类用智慧和毅力创造了有史以来最简单的生活条件, but no matter how smart we are, we can never be independent of the natural world. 正规靠谱的彩票app需要海洋，需要食物，需要休息，需要生命. 确保正规靠谱的彩票app在未来几年都能享受到这些好处, we need to end offshore drilling now, and for good.

劳拉·迪汉(Laura Deehan)是正规靠谱的彩票app部的州主任.