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International Bird Rescue is a nonprofit organization that rehabilitates injured aquatic birds, most notably seabirds affected by oil spills.Founded by Alice Berkner and members of the Ecology Action, including veterinarian James Michael Harris, D.V.M. in 1971 [1] and based in Cordelia, California, the group has developed scientifically-based bird rehabilitation techniques and has led oiled ...
Location: Gaviota Coast, west of Santa Barbara, California: Coordinates: 1]: Date: May 19, 2015: Cause; Cause: Ruptured pipeline [2]: Operator: Plains All American Pipeline: Spill characteristics; Volume: 105,000 U.S. gallons (2,500 barrels): Shoreline impacted: 7 miles (11 km) coated with crude oil; tar balls damaged beaches more than 100 miles (160 km) down the coast [3] [4]: The Refugio oil ...
The Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR) is a branch of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife that is tasked with responding to pollution and protecting the wildlife of California. The OSPR has authority over all surface waters in California, both inland and up to 200 miles (320 km) off the coast.
Plans to restart a pipeline in Santa Barbara County have angered residents worried about an oil spill similar to the massive one near Refugio State Beach in 2015.
Crews raced to clean up an estimated 126,000 gallons of crude that leaked from an oil-processing platform off the coast of Southern California. The spill, which has reached beaches and threatens ...
Cleanup crews are struggling to contain a major oil spill off the Southern California coastline that has sullied beaches with dead wildlife and oil detritus, and threatens sensitive wetland areas.
The resulting 800,000-gallon spill, the largest in Bay Area history, threatened sensitive natural habitats both inside and outside the bay, including the Bolinas Lagoon, and contributed to the growth of activism against pollution, after thousands of Bay Area residents volunteered to clean up beaches and rescue oil-soaked birds. Several ...
Chevron has agreed to pay more than $13 million in fines for dozens of past oil spills in California. The California-based energy giant agreed to pay a $5.6 million fine associated with a 2019 oil ...