The oil pipeline rupture at Refugio State Beach may have spilled as much as 105,000 gallons of crude, authorities said. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Source: Santa Barbara oil spill: Pipeline operator has long record of problems – LA Times
GOLETA, Calif. (AP) — More than 6,000 gallons of oil had been raked, skimmed and vacuumed from a spill that stretched across 9 miles of California coast in a cleanup effort that is now going 24 hours a day, officials said, but that’s some of the sticky, stinking goo that escaped from a broken pipeline.
Source: Environmentalists seize on latest Santa Barbara oil spill – US News
It could be weeks before the beach near Santa Barbara is cleaned up, and even years before the damage to the wildlife is realized, scientists say.
Source: California Oil Spill: Biologists Eyeing Extent of Damage to Waters, Wildlife – NBC News
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