- Cal Spill Watch Home
The Cal Spill Watch site provides information about current response efforts to oil and other toxic spills in California The site is updated when spills occur
- Oil spills - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Oil is an ancient fossil fuel that we use to heat our homes, generate electricity, and power large sectors of our economy But when oil accidentally spills into the ocean, it can cause big problems Oil spills can harm sea creatures, ruin a day at the beach, and make seafood unsafe to eat It takes sound science to clean up the oil, measure the impacts of pollution, and help t
- Oil spill | Definition, Causes, Effects, List, Facts . . .
Oil spill, leakage of petroleum onto the surface of a large body of water Oceanic oil spills became a major environmental problem in the 1960s, chiefly as a result of intensified petroleum exploration and production on continental shelves and the use of supertankers for transporting oil
- 420 gallons of crude oil spills into Ventura County creek
Roughly 420 gallons of crude oil spilled into Sisar Creek between Ojai and Santa Paula in Ventura County
- Oil spill - Wikipedia
An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution The term is usually given to marine oil spills, where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters, but spills may also occur on land Oil spills can result from the release of crude oil from tankers, offshore platforms
- Crews cleaning up 420-gallon oil spill in Ventura County . . .
As the final round of a storm series closes in on Southern California, crews are racing to clean up an oil spill in Ventura County after about 420 gallons leaked into a remote creek, officials
- Oil spills | AP News
Crews working to clean up 2,000-gallon fuel spill in Baltimore’s harbor Norwegian man wakes up to find grounded cargo ship narrowly missed his home Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, environmental impact is still felt along the Gulf Coast Tanker truck crashes and spills fuel into a creek on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula
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