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Center for Biological Diversity: Video Maps Nearly 1,400 Pipeline Leaks, Spills, Other Problems Since 1986

Experts say the long-term impacts to the environment — particularly on birds and marine life — could be significant. Officials haven't said what caused the oil to leak from an offshore pipeline.

An oil spill first reported on Oct. 2, 2021, has released thousands of gallons of crude oil into southern California coastal waters. The source is believed to be a leak in an underwater pipeline connected to an oil drilling platform 17.5 miles offshore. Oil has washed ashore in Huntington Beach and Newport Beach and into coastal marshes. Orange County has requested a federal disaster declaration. Charles Lester, director of the Ocean and Coastal Policy Center at the University of California Santa Barbara’s Marine Science Institute, explains the scope of this spill.

The class-action lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Monday alleges lost wages and potential exposure to health hazards.

The beaches of Orange County were empty. The whale-watching boats were canceled. The reek of petroleum was in the air. Here's a tour of the tainted coastline while we wait to learn how bad the oil spill will be for kelp beds, whales, birds and, of course, humans.