50th anniversary of the catastrophic Santa Barbara oil spill

AccuWeather 2019-01-28

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On Jan. 28, 1969, an oil well blew out from a platform off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, pumping millions of gallons of oil into the ocean. The disaster helped spark an environmental movement.

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