200 barrels of oil ‘reservoir fluid’ have spilled into a large natural harbour surrounded by nature reserves.
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The Los Angeles area has over 20,000 active, idle or abandoned oil wells. The city and county have voted to ban new ones after studies showed health problems in residents living nearby.
Photos from the early 1900s show LA’s forests of oil derricks. Hundreds of wells are still pumping, and research shows how people living nearby are struggling with breathing problems.
It would take 17 days to respond to an oil spill in the Great Australian Bight. And that’s the best-case scenario.
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