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Tell the Regional Water Board to Strengthen Venoco's Clean-up of Contaminated Soils in Carpinteria!

After several years of back and forth negotiations with the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB), Venoco and Chevron have submitted a proposed clean-up plan for soils contaminated with DDT and other pesticides at the Venoco (formerly Chevron) Oil and Gas Processing Facility at 5675 Carpinteria Avenue in Carpinteria.


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Channelkeeper takes on review of LNG terminal proposed for Platform Grace

Santa Barbara Channelkeeper is undertaking the review of a proposal by Northernstar Natural Gas to build a Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) terminal at Platform Grace – just 10 miles offshore and close to the boundary of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Channelkeeper has hired the Environmental Defense Center (EDC),  experts on the issues related to LNG, to coordinate the review of proposed Clearwater Port project on our behalf.

 

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Stream Team
Ventura - Saturday, June 7th
Goleta - Sunday,  June 8th
 
Stream Team is Channelkeeper's volunteer-based water quality monitoring program. Every month, volunteers join Channelkeeper staff to test for common water quality parameters at our established sampling sites throughout the Ventura River and Goleta Slough watersheds. Come join us and help protect our local waterways.

 


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