Here’s What The Devastating 130,000-Gallon Oil Spill In Southern California Looks Like
Topline
A large oil pipeline spill off the coast of Southern California first reported Saturday morning has wreaked havoc on the environment, killing birds and fish, contaminating wetlands and forcing the closures of a number of popular beaches.
Oil gathering on an absorption boom that helps stop the flow into the ecologically sensitive Talbert … [+]
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Key Facts
The decades-old 17-mile pipeline owned by Houston-based Amplify Energy Corp. has discharged thousands of barrels worth of oil into the Pacific Ocean.
The cause of the breach is still unknown, but divers are working to locate the exact source of the spill, according to local officials, and there does not appear to be further leaking.
Kim Carr, the mayor of hard-hit Huntington Beach, described the incident as an “environmental catastrophe” this weekend.
A long-billed curlew walks through oily water near a containment boom. (Photo by DAVID MCNEW / AFP)
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This aerial picture shows oil and an oil containment boom in the water as workers try to clean up … [+]
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Oil in the water off the Talbert Marshlands. (Photo by DAVID MCNEW / AFP)
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Fish swim in oil-contaminated water on Huntington State Beach. (Photo by Nick Ut/Getty Images)
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Detail of oil flowing through the Talbert Channel. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty … [+]
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Cleanup contractors deploy skimmers and floating barriers to try to stop further oil crude incursion … [+]
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A sign warns of the oil spill at the Huntington Beach pier on Sunday. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles … [+]
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Further Reading
“‘Catastrophic’ California oil spill kills fish, damages wetlands” (Reuters)
“California oil spill: Ecological losses feared in wetlands, marshes” (Los Angeles Times)
“Massive California oil spill threatens wildlife and closes beaches” (CNN)
“Crews race to limit damage from major California oil spill” (Associated Press)
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