"Interior Again Weighs Leasing Off Scenic Coast" newspaper article

Title

"Interior Again Weighs Leasing Off Scenic Coast" newspaper article

Description

A Washington Post newspaper article clipping titled "Interior Again Weighs Leasing Off Scenic Coast" by Dale Russakoff published on March 26, 1982. The article describes the Interior Department's controversial consideration of allowing oil and gas development off of the Northern California coast. It notably mentions US Congressman Les AuCoin and his attempts to introduce legislation to ban leasing in the basins, with the article describing that "AuCoin read from reports that the area is unstable -- it is near the San Andreas fault -- and could be prone to oil spills. He also quoted from a study that rates the basins as relatively low in oil potential."

This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).

Identifier

PUA_MS147_505

Creator

Russakoff, Dale

Date

1982

Date Created

March 26, 1982

Is Part Of

Washington Post

Spatial Coverage

United States

California

Subject

United States. Congress. House.

Legislators--United States

Speeches, addresses, etc.

Oil well drilling--Environmental aspects--United States.

Source

Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Type

Text