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Stated as done, per E&E News (19 Aug 2026): the court "allows Sable Offshore to keep carrying oil"; Noozhawk[3] and Bloomberg Government date the ruling to the same day, two days before the Justice Department's 21 August release.
Oil & Gas Journal, established trade press, says Judge Stephen V. Wilson authorized Sable to operate the Santa Ynez Pipeline System under federal oversight and dismissed California's attempts to block the restart after the 2015 spill, but the page does not name the day the ruling issued.[1]
Noozhawk, an established Santa Barbara news outlet, reports that "a federal judge ruled on Wednesday" (19 Aug 2026) that Sable may keep pumping under the Defense Production Act, with PHMSA confirmed as regulator and a near-$1.5 million fine for the consent-decree violation; rated slightly below national outlets given its local scale.
Pipeline & Gas Journal reports the same outcome - a $1.45 million fine for violating the consent decree and refusal of California's request to halt the Santa Ynez Pipeline System - but it is a short trade rewrite of wire copy that gives no specific ruling date, so confidence is held down.[1]
E&E News by POLITICO reported the ruling the day it came down (19 Aug 2026), saying PHMSA "will take over management of the consent decree" from California's Office of the State Fire Marshal, matching the DOJ release.[1]
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The new mandate is estimated to deliver $26.5 billion in public health benefits in California in avoided health impacts and deaths due to diesel pollution.
The mandate would require companies that operate 50 or more trucks to convert their fleets into electric or hydrogen models and achieve zero-emissions by 2042.
