1.0 link 112605 <![CDATA[The Santa Barbara Oil Spill of 1969: A Lesson In Offshore Drilling (PHOTOS)]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/14/the-santa-barbara-oil-spi_n_112605.html The Bush administration's latest plan to drive down skyrocketing oil prices by lifting the executive ban on domestic offshore drilling has revived an old question in American politics: is such drilling ecologically responsible? The Washington Post today recalls when this kind of offshore drilling lead to disaster. See photos of the oil spill below.


On Jan. 28, 1969, a blowout on a Unocal rig six miles off the coast of California spilled 3 million gallons of oil into the...

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