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Decommissioning offshore structures is expensive and environmentally damaging – so why is it illegal to leave them where they are?
Californians love their coast and strongly oppose offshore drilling. Will they support converting old oil rigs to artificial reefs – a policy that benefits both marine life and oil companies?
It’s a policy to help the environment, so where’s the evidence to support it?
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Honorary Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, University of Aberdeen
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Visiting Researcher, Marine Science institute, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Research Biologist, Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Lecturer (Assistant Professor) of Renewable Energy and Carbon Removal, University of Hull
