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New Oil Slick Discovered off Long Beach, California [1]

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Date: 2022-10-17

Long Beach, CA – As offshore drilling continues off Southern California in a state portrayed as the “nation’s green leader” by the state’s politicians and media, an oil slick was discovered off the coast of Alamitas Beach in Long Beach near the four THUMS islands on Saturday, October 15.

These are artificial islands formed by five oil companies to produce tens of thousands barrels of oil every day, according to a press statement from Sierra Club California.

The four THUMS islands are owned by the State of California and the City of Long Beach and operated by the City and California Resources Corporation. This spill comes just over a year after the 126,000 gallon spill in Orange County that was caused by a ship's anchor at the port of Long Beach.

“This slick highlights the fact that fossil fuel production has no place, anywhere in California, but especially offshore and near our beache,” said Nicole Levin, Sierra Club Campaigner for Dirty Fuels in a statement. “How many more oil spills and fossil fuel accidents do we need until the city and the state begins to prioritize public health and the environment?

“In January the Long Beach Sustainable City Commission made recommendations to ban new oil drilling and study the phase out of existing oil drilling, but Long Beach City Council has yet to adequately act on these recommendations. Long Beach City needs to follow the lead of surrounding cities and work to phase out and clean up their oil wells as quickly as possible to protect public health and the environment,” she stated.

According to CBS Los Angeles, the Long Beach Fire Department is currently working to contain the 200 by 300 feet across oil slick off the city's coast. It is near the dock slips off of the 400 block of East Shoreline Drive.

“Authorities are unsure how the slick originated but will continue to monitor it. Long Beach fire has set up booms to contain the slick as hazmat teams continue to clean up the spill,” CBSLA noted. “No marine or wildlife were damaged by the slick.”

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