California regulators are moving forward with plans to dismantle an aging offshore oil platform near Goleta. The California State Lands Commission launched an Environmental Impact Report, or EIR, to examine how removing Platform Holly could affect marine life and the coastline.
The platform’s 30 oil and gas wells were permanently plugged in 2024. It is now inactive and remotely monitored.
Under the proposal, crews would fully remove the platform structure along with five underwater pipelines, two power cables and two large offshore tents that were built to capture oil and gas and keep it from reaching the seafloor…