Oil spill off of California

[Catherine]

One of the off shore drilling sites in California is leaking oil. Already beaches and marshlands are contaminated.
A lot is being done to contain this spill, but the the environmental consequences are going to be devastating.
There will be a devastating loss of marine life and animals who depend on marine life. 


https://globalnews.ca/news/8240484/hunti...ornia-oil/


https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-envir...-1.5609339

Even if they do not find a lot of oiled birds, we know that the impact will be devastating. Over time birds will eat contaminated fish and suffer the effects of the toxic spill. Nesting sites and feeding areas will be toxic for years. Even with good cleanup techniques, there will still be a lot of habitat contamination.

Why do we still drill for oil off of sensitives shorelines. Why do we still use oil when it causes such destruction when it spills. It always spills.
We could work on other less destructive forms of energy. At a time when we should be fighting the effects of climate change, we are actually making things worse.
Even if they don't post pictures we know what animals caught in oil spills look like. This is just another of many sad events where we destroy and damage everything around us.