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Officials in California have begun clean-up and damage assessment operations after a ruptured pipeline spread some 21,000 gallons of oil onto beaches and into the ocean near Santa Barbara. Jillian Kitchener reports.
Mauritius, Aug 12 (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Laura Morosoli).-Authorities in Mauritius are urgently trying to empty the stranded boat off the island of Mauritius of fuel before it breaks in two, which would cause a major ecological disaster. FOOTAGE OF THE EFFORTS IN MAURITIUS
Plains All American Pipeline Company and one of its employees have been indicted in California on criminal charges stemming from a petroleum spill last year, said the Santa Barbara County District Attorney. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Pelicans and sea lions covered in oil are examined and scrubbed clean following a large oil spill along the coast of southern California. Yiming Woo reports.
Images released by the Armed Forces show a long slick of crude oil covering the sand and reaching the sea at a tourist beach in Esmeraldas province, northwestern Ecuador. According to state-owned company Petroecuador, the oil spilled onto Las Palmas beach in the city of Esmeralda, where an oil terminal and a refinery operate. IMAGES