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California oil spill cited by foes of new offshore drilling plan
2015-05-27 23:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Environmentalists urged California regulators on Wednesday to reject a proposed expansion of the only offshore drilling operation still permitted in state waters along the Santa Barbara coastline, seizing on public outrage over last week's nearby oil spill. Privately owned Venoco Inc is seeking permission to drill on 3,400 acres (1,400 hectares) of the sea floor within a state-designated coastal sanctuary adjacent to the company's current offshore lease site. It said the plan would increase petroleum...
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No serious injuries in spill at 3M plant in Cottage Grove
2015-05-27 02:59:57| Chemicals - Topix.net
A 30 percent solution of nitric acid leaked from a container in a manufacturing building, 3M spokeswoman Donna Fleming Runyon said. Employees noticed the leak around 6:50 a.m. and reported it.
California oil spill despoils coastline in tar-blackened reprise of 1960s disaster
2015-05-24 13:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Mark Massara was eight years old in 1969, when a blowout at a Union Oil well off the California coast spilled more than three million gallons of crude along the beaches of Santa Barbara and devastated one of the northern hemispheres most prized ecosystems. He remembers going to the beach with his family and throwing hay on the oil as it washed ashore a frustratingly inadequate gesture that stayed with him as he later built a career as one of Californias top environmental lawyers. Last week,...
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Finding cause of California oil spill could take months
2015-05-24 07:33:23| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Plastic buckets filled with oil collected from the beach at Refugio State Beach, north of Goleta, Calif., Thursday, May 21, 2015. More than 7,700 gallons of oil has been raked, skimmed and vacuumed from a spill that stretched across 9 miles of California Workers prepare an oil containment boom at Refugio State Beach, north of Goleta, Calif., Thursday, May 21, 2015.
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Sea lion rescued from Santa Barbara oil spill dies at SeaWorld
2015-05-24 02:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A sea lion that became streaked with petroleum from an oil spill on California's Santa Barbara coastline this week has died after being taken to SeaWorld in San Diego to be cleaned and treated, officials said on Saturday. Up to 2,500 barrels (105,000 gallons) of crude petroleum gushed onto San Refugio State Beach and into the Pacific Ocean about 20 miles (32 km) west of Santa Barbara on Tuesday when an underground pipeline that runs along the coastal highway burst. The spill left a number of...
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