Trump Restarted the Pipeline for His Oil Donors

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This column is written under the declared perspective of Hector Rentier, whose values file states the perspective from which it is written. Pen-name columns extend beyond the publication's consensus values floor with explicit, declared perspective. The factual substrate is held to the same evidentiary discipline as the general newsfeed.

He called the 140,000-gallon spill a state of emergency.

Editorial cartoon by Hector Rentier: Trump Restarted the Pipeline for His Oil Donors

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Published
Pen name
Hector Rentier
Primary entities
California Coastal Commission, U.S. Department of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, Rob Bonta, Sable Offshore Corp.
Themes
federal-state relations, energy policy, coastal regulation, environmental politics
Floor values engaged
Accountability of power, Equality & fairness, human_life_and_dignity