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Oil boom in Kern county
Lakeview Gusher blows close to Taft, CA
America's largest oil spill
Union Oil tank explodes and catches on fire because of lightening, land is still toxic today
Union Oil rig platform blew out
Thousands of barrels spilled into the ocean, leaving beaches and wildlife completely covered in oil
1970- EPA
1970- Earth Day
1972- Clean Water Act
1972- Coastal Commission
1973 Endangered Species Act
400,00 gallons of crude oil leak into San Francisco Bay due to a stormwater release valve left open at a Shell manufacturing plant in Martinez, CA
Shell pays $19 million to restore wetlands and marshlands in the bay
Unocal oil field pipelines leak diluent (used to dilute crude oil to make passage through pipes easier)
12 million gallons of diluent leak into the Nipomo dunes
groundwater contaminated
still working on remediation today
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American Trader oil tanker spills over 416,000 gallons of crude oil
Kills over 3,400 birds
Town of Avila is dug up to begin the remediation process from the oil leak in 1977
Protesters fight against fracking in California, trying to put a stop to current fracking
24 in. pipe that was owned by House-based Plains All American Pipeline leaks
results in 4 miles of Refugio state Beach covered in oil
campaign to prohibit all new petroleum extraction
measure G defeated 53.63% to 46.37% because big oil spends $8 million in false advertisements to way votes in favor of their companies
Cymric field in Kern County has a surface oil spill, lasting 113 days
California fines chevron $2.7 million
