A member of the public passes by where Greenpeace US activists etch a message in the sand following a massive spill that leaked at least 144,000 gallons of oil from a broken pipeline connected to an offshore drilling platform about five miles off the coast of Orange County, CA. Damage has been done to local wildlife and wetlands which can take decades to recover.
This latest disaster is just another example of why we must phase out oil and gas extraction both onshore and offshore.