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Santa Barbara Oil Spill Adds Pipeline Operator Dismal Safety Record
2015-05-21 22:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Texas-based Plains All American Pipeline is reported to have a number of previous infractions. One of the company's pipelines also spilled an estimated 10,000 gallons near Los Angeles a year ago. ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Near Santa Barbara, Calif., oil from a spilled pipeline now stretches across nine miles of Pacific Ocean coastline. The leak itself was stopped last Tuesday. Today, federal investigators are on the scene trying to pinpoint what caused it and why the line didn't automatically shut...
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