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Immaculate inspections

Surprisingly, oil companies didn’t rack up many health and safety violations in 2017. What gives?

Thanks to frequent complaints of odious oil company violations of safety standards, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors received a report from the Planning Department in February detailing the industry’s compliance with various health and safety regulations. Not surprisingly, one oil company stood out as a chronic violator of various health, safety, and environmental […]

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Enhanced oil recovery blues

Buellton

Recently, I and other North County residents have written letters opposing dramatic and dangerous expansion of steam injection/oil extraction projects proposed by big oil consortiums for the Santa Maria area. They plan to put 760-plus new high-risk wells in aging facilities, posing significant pollution risk to our Santa Maria River and San Antonio Creek drinking […]

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