The California Department Justice urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last week to reconsider a proposal to drill for oil and natural gas in the Suisun Marsh, a wetland near the border between Solano and Contra Costa counties.

Sunset Exploration Inc., a Brentwood-based oil and gas company, filed a permit application with the Army Corps, which issued a public notice of the application in January.

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Eli covers public health, transportation and state politics for the Bay City News Foundation, serves as the main editor of the Public Health and COVID-19 Information Hub and assists with Local News Matters' social media strategy. He has also previously covered local politics in San Diego County as well as college and professional sports across the Bay Area.