Issues & Maps

  • Successes and Challenges - December 2015

    December 2015

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    January 07, 2016

  • Impacts and Risks from Oil Trains and the Phillips 66 Rail Spur Project

     A Santa Barbara County Action Network Alert:

    Impacts and Risks from Oil Trains and the Phillips 66 Rail Spur Project

    Keeping Explosive Canadian Tar Sands Oil from Riding the Rails through Santa Barbara County

    By Jane Baxter. Edited by Ken Hough. 2nd Edition: July 8, 2015 

    Click here to view or download the 15-page report.

    Oil Train Damage and Injury Zones On Santa Barbara County's South Coast and Guadalupe

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    ALERT SUMMARY:

    Visualize the ramifications of a crash of a train carrying up to 3 million gallons of crude oil along the coastline of Santa Barbara County. This would dwarf the recent Plains All-American pipeline spill at Refugio Beach (reported as 101,000 gallons), which sent oil at least as far as Redondo Beach.

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    July 08, 2015

  • Oil Issues: A Citizen's Guide

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    Oil Issues: A Citizen's Guide

    Measure P was on the ballot in the November 2014 election. It raised issues about oil production in Santa Barbara County.

    Santa Maria resident Jane Baxter researched the topic and wrote a comprehensive 49-page report: "Oil Issues: A Citizen's Guide" to help people answer questions they have about oil production locally. 

     

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    March 16, 2015