California Oil Spill

• California oil spill: Cause of pipeline leak remains a mystery

  Investigators continued to hunt for the cause of the break that spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil off the famed surf breaks of Huntington Beach.

  Environment

  Oct 8, 2021
  
• Mayor calls 3,000 barrel California oil spill ‘environmental catastrophe’

  The breach of an oil rig pipeline left dead fish and birds strewn on the sand and offshore wetlands clogged with oil.

  Environment

  Oct 3, 2021
  
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• Pipeline spews crude oil in California

  An underground pipeline spewed thousands of gallons of crude oil Thursday near the Southern California coast but the foul-smelling goo was contained in a lengthy stretch of ravine and never reached nearby beaches.

  Environment

  Jun 23, 2016
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• Workers clean up oil spill on California beaches by hand

  Along a stretch of beach heavily marred by a crude oil spill, workers in hard hats and white protective suits use wire brushes and putty knives to scrape the black liquid off cobblestones and cliff faces.

  World

  Jun 20, 2015
• California oil spill otter dies after being bitten by shark

  A sea otter that became an ambassador for her species after a remarkable recovery from an oil tar soaking off the coast of Northern California has been killed by a shark.

  World

  Mar 27, 2015