Plains All American Pipeline Agrees to Pay $230 Million to Fishing Industry, Shoreline Residents – SB Noozhawk

Plains All American Pipeline has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit, and pay $230 million to fishers, fish processors, and shoreline property residents damaged by the Refugio oil spill in 2015. On May 19, 2015, a Plains pipeline ruptured on the Gaviota Coast, spilling up to 630,000 gallons, or 15,000 barrels, of crude oil onto the shoreline and into the ocean. [ More... ]

Who protects the wildlife and workers who lost their jobs?

Certainly not Andy Caldwell, the so-called whose recent outburst proves he is simply a shill for Big Oil. His opinion piece (Voices, Sept. 12) makes clear that he couldn't care less about the wildlife destroyed in the Plains All-American Pipeline spill at Refugio Beach, much less the more than 500 oil workers who lost their jobs when the oil platforms [ More... ]

Shift in offshore drilling policy is a step back

When will America learn that offshore oil drilling in the waters off our coast is a disaster certain to happen again? It seemed our nation was coming to its senses about the pristine nature of our coastal waters; just as the world was beginning to reduce its dependence on oil; we take two giant steps back.

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