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Fifty years since the Santa Barbara oil spill of 1969

SANTA BARBARA—These images of a blackened coastline and oil-filled waters flashed across newspaper covers and TV screens 50 years ago. On Jan. 28, 1969, a blowout at an oil well off the coast of Santa Barbara led to an estimated 3 million gallons of crude oil spewing into the ocean,...
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