Law Practice,
Environmental & Energy
Feb. 1, 2019
Oil spill changed attorney’s life 50 years ago
Marc J. McGinnes, founding professor UC Santa Barbara’s Environmental Studies Program, worries that Trump administration changes on offshore drilling policy will endanger the region.
When he arrived at the Santa Barbara beach, attorney Marc J. McGinnes said there was so much oil in the water it quieted the sound of the crashing waves.
"As you neared the beach, you could almost see the benzene molecules in the air," McGinnes said in an interview Wednesday, recalling the oil spill of 1969 that changed national environmental law.
"... A seal was in the process of dying. It was com...
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