Experts to ask Congress for more offshore oil oversight as California cleanup continues
Thousands of miles of inactive oil pipelines have been abandoned on the seafloor. Aging platforms pose an additional risk.
Thousands of miles of inactive oil pipelines have been abandoned on the seafloor. Aging platforms pose an additional risk.
Huntington Beach also reopened to swimmers on Monday, after water quality testing results showed “non-detectable amounts of oil associated toxins in our ocean water."
Amplify Energy's CEO has offered information that conflicts with federal records and provided vague responses to questions at news conferences.
Behind the oil spill is a larger issue: aging offshore oil platforms and pipelines — and whether anyone will fix them up or shut them down.
Huntington Beach and the oil industry have been intertwined for more than a century. Derricks used to line the beach.
Oil spills are likely to increase as fossil fuel use tapers, and oil companies put off upgrades to aging infrastructure, experts say.
As of Tuesday evening, wildlife officials had collected 28 oil-covered birds from the Orange County shoreline, all of which have undergone cleaning and rehabilitation. Some were released Wednesday.
California lawmakers demanded a stop to oil drilling off their state’s coast Tuesday as outrage grew over an enormous oil spill, and questions emerged about the timing and reporting of its detection.