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Bizarre Facts: Sunlight Linked to Breakdown of Crude Oil

GULF OF MEXICO一 In a paper published on the American Association for the Advancement of Science website, two researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, Collin Ward and Danielle

Local

Lawsuits Arise from the OC Oil Spill

HUNTINGTON BEACH— On Nov. 2 the Center for Biological Diversity filed  a notice of its intent to sue the federal government in response to the Oct. 2 oil spill. The center

Local

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

Offshore Drilling
State/National/World

Offshore drilling bills head to Appropriations for review

SACRAMENTO — A pair of bills seeking to prevent new offshore drilling activities off the California coast are currently being reviewed by the Appropriations Committees in both houses; each bill