


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - August 26, 2008
Contacts: Linda Krop/David Landecker, EDC 805-963-1622
Tam Hunt/ Dave Davis, Community Environmental Council, 805-963-0583
Abraham Powell – Get Oil Out! 805-895-2355
Deborah Brasket – SBCAN – 805-722-5094
LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS OPPOSE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY OFFSHORE DRILLING PROPOSAL
SANTA BARBARA, CA
Four major local environmental groups, (EDC, CEC, GOO! and
SBCAN), together representing more than 120 years of activism to protect the quality of Santa Barbara
County’s environment, joined together today to express their opposition to a proposed letter from Santa
Barbara County to Governor Schwarzenegger, favoring increased oil exploration and extraction
offshore California.