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California's latest offshore oil spill could fuel pressure to end oil production statewide

  • Written by: Charles Lester, Director, Ocean and Coastal Policy Center, Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara
California's latest offshore oil spill could fuel pressure to end oil production statewideOiled sand in Huntington Beach, Calif., after a 126,000-gallon spill from an offshore oil pipeline.Nick Ut/Getty Images

An oil spill first reported on Oct. 2, 2021, has released thousands of gallons of crude oil into southern California coastal waters. The source is believed to be a leak in an underwater pipeline connected to an oil drilling...

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