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Santa Barbara Oil Spill Adds Pipeline Operator Dismal Safety Record

2015-05-21 22:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Public Radio: Texas-based Plains All American Pipeline is reported to have a number of previous infractions. One of the company's pipelines also spilled an estimated 10,000 gallons near Los Angeles a year ago. ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Near Santa Barbara, Calif., oil from a spilled pipeline now stretches across nine miles of Pacific Ocean coastline. The leak itself was stopped last Tuesday. Today, federal investigators are on the scene trying to pinpoint what caused it and why the line didn't automatically shut...

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California oil spill: Aerial images reveal devastation 100,000 gallons oil spills

2015-05-21 18:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Independent: From the air the oil shimmers, dark and sinister. On the ground, it is sticky and foul. A series of images released by environmental activists have revealed the true crisis confronting a stretch of California coastline after more than 100,000 gallons of oil were leaked into the ocean. As Governor Jerry Brown issued an emergency proclamation declared to speed the dedication of resources to the area, clean-up teams north of Santa Barbara embarked on a third day of efforts to remove patches of oil....

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Record Dolphin Die-Off Linked Gulf Oil Spill

2015-05-21 17:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: It was more than five years ago when the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico blew out, spewing an unknown amount of oil. The April 2010 accident was the worst oil spill to ever occur in U.S. waters and it had far-reaching impacts on the region`s economy and ecosystems that continue to this day. Now a newly released study, funded by the Deepwater Horizon National Resource Damage Assessment, which includes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National...

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Oil spill returns to its ancestral waters near Santa Barbara

2015-05-21 17:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: Early on Tuesday, an 11-mile-long underground pipe owned by a company with the very patriotic name of Plains All American Pipeline spilled about 105,000 gallons of crude onto the coastline of northern Santa Barbara County, just a few miles north of the town of Santa Barbara. When cleanup began, and the spill was thought to be closer to 21,000 gallons, Coast Guard described it to the LA Times, as medium in size. Maybe they`re just jaded. In general, the U.S. sees about 100 "significant" oil spills...

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Santa Barbara oil spill: Pipeline operator has long record of problems

2015-05-21 15:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LA Times: Plains Pipeline, the large Texas-based company responsible for the pipe that ruptured in Santa Barbara County, has accumulated 175 safety and maintenance infractions since 2006, according to federal records. A Times analysis of data from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration shows Plains' rate of incidents per mile of pipe is more than three times the national average. Among more than 1,700 pipeline operators listed in a database maintained by the federal agency, only four...

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