Oil Blankets Beach Near UC Santa Barbara Environment By Callie Fausey The massive sheet of black tar on Sands Beach and Coal Oil Point was sucked back into the ocean before its “oil fingerprint” could be traced, said Heal the Ocean’s Harry Rabin.
Surfrider Foundation Paddleout Builds a Wave of Support to Oppose Oil Drilling off Santa Barbara Coast Environment By Lauren Solway More than 100 community members gather to observe the 11th anniversary of Refugio spill.
Carpinteria Launches Beach Cleanup Stations Environment By Callie Fausey Several stations equipped with reusable baskets make it easy to collect garbage on the beach.
Global Workshop Focuses on Protecting Whales from Ship Strikes Environment By Sonia Fernandez, UCSB’s ‘The Current’
Rollback of the Endangered Species Act Pulled from House at the Last Minute Environment By Callie Fausey
Hundreds of Thousands of By-the-Wind Sailors Float off Coast in Santa Barbara Channel Environment By Elaine Sanders