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The Trump administration has invoked the Defense Production Act to order the restart of a shuttered Santa Barbara County oil pipeline and offshore drilling platforms, citing the Iran war-driven energy crisis. The move, which would override California state law and a federal consent decree stemming from the devastating 2015 Refugio oil spill, has triggered immediate legal challenges from Governor Newsom, environmental groups, and sets up a constitutional showdown over federal emergency powers.