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Some environmentalists want Santa Barbara decommissioned oil rigs to stay
The view from the beach in Santa Barbara is not pristine. Dotting the horizon are nearly two dozen oil rigs. They’ve been there for decades. Most locals hate them. Now some of them are being decommissioned and dismantled.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThe view from the beach in Santa Barbara is not pristine. Dotting the horizon are nearly two dozen oil rigs. They’ve been there for decades. Most locals hate them. Now some of them are being decommissioned and dismantled. But environmentalists want them to stay.
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2 of 5Rock star Shirley Manson on why Yoko Ono inspires her- 0:00With Disney-Fox merger, Mickey Mouse and Bart Simpson are now family
- 10:27Some environmentalists want Santa Barbara decommissioned oil rigs to stayYou’re reading this
- 18:10A look at black films that came out of the 1965 Watts Uprising
- 22:56‘Soul of a Nation’ at The Broad celebrates black artists
- 29:50Rock singer Shirley Manson and the LA Phil to celebrate Yoko Ono