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Santa Barbara Channel's Toxic Time Bomb

By AAN Staff
may 8, 2002  10:27 am
Santa Barbara Channel's Toxic Time Bomb
The Santa Barbara Independent breaks a major environmental story about a potentially catastrophic environmental disaster. The problem? A 15-year-old shipwreck of a single-hull tanker loaded with diesel fuel and copper ore. Ecosystems are dying downstream of the wreck. The story is "investigative and intriguing and has global implications as the state and federal governments work toward establishing a large network of marine reserves in the Santa Barbara Channel, a network that will likely be a model for similar reserves around the world," writer Matt Kettmann tells AAN News.
View full article at Santa Barbara Independent