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Coming Soon: The ‘Pacific Standard’ Oral History of the 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill

We explore the effects of the disastrous spill and how it fueled the United States’ modern environmental movement.

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: Apr 13, 2017

Catching up with a scientist who conducted surveys of humans and sea creatures in the wake of last year’s oil spill at Refugio Beach.

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