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Iconic California county backs offshore drilling

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California's Santa Barbara County, site of a major oil spill that rallied opposition to offshore oil production 40 years ago, voted on Tuesday to support new coastal oil exploration and extraction.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/environment?a=XVQl3K"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/environment?i=XVQl3K" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/environment?a=YIgJok"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/environment?i=YIgJok" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/environment?a=iTixlk"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/environment?i=iTixlk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/environment/~4/375747828" height="1" width="1"/>