Public Interest Briefs
Public Interest Briefs track CLIPI’s filings, funding, coalition wins, showing how each step drives policy change and nurtures advocates.
In late November, the Center brought a suit challenging the Federal Government’s decision to lease almost 1.3 million acres of California’s Outer Continental Shelf Lands for oil exploration.
The scheduled lease sale, the first action under former President Nixon’s accelerated leasing program, represented a commitment to major oil development along the California coast. Property rights to the oil and gas would be vested with successful bidders for the next 40-60 years.
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Spring ’76: Center fights offshore drilling giveaway, halts Century Freeway, forces smarter zoning, and delays Utah coal plant. Their legal wins protect California’s coast, communities, and air while pushing for honest, responsible planning.
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