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Tag: Oil Spill
Giant New Oil Spill Spotted Off The Coast Of California
A “very large” oil slick was spotted along the coast of Santa Barbara, Southern California on Wednesday, with initial reports putting the spill at about two miles long and just yards away from where a […]
Colombian Rebels Responsible For 5,000 Barrel Oil Spill
Colombia’s powerful Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebel group forced 23 truck drivers off of the road in southwest Colombia, resulting in a massive oil spill of over 5,000 barrels, Semana news magazine reported […]
California Proposes Tough New Pipeline Standards After Santa Barbara Spill
It seems California doesn’t trust big oil companies which perhaps has something to do with the massive spill late last month onto Santa Barbara’s pristine Refugio State Beach. In addition to being a big spill, […]
Mystery Oil Pollution Closes Even More California Beaches
The normally pristine beaches of California are under siege this summer, as a pipline spill mid-May closed a number if beaches in a protected sanctuary and new beaches were closed late this week because of […]
Santa Barbara Oil Spill Five Times Worse Than Originally Thought
When energy companies tell you an oil spill is “just a few barrels” its safe to assume its much worse than that. Estimates for the Santa Barbara oil spill have gone from a few barrels, […]
ExxonMobil Pipeline Spill Leaks Oil Onto Santa Barbara Beaches
A four-mile-long sheen of oil extended about 50 yards into the waters along Refugio State Beach in Goleta, Tuesday afternoon. Emergency officials and ExxonMobil found the cause to be a ruptured pipeline that was leaking […]
Shell Receives Permission To Drill In Pristine Arctic
In a highly controversial decision global oil giant Royal Dutch Shell won approval from the U.S. Department of Interior to drill for oil in the Arctic in Monday. The approval is not a final permit […]