Gavin Newsom: “January 28, 1969, old enough to remember about six miles off…”

“It's interesting, just Earth Day, you know, it didn't start in a think tank. It started on a beach. I think it was January 28, 1969, old enough to remember about six miles off the coast of Santa Barbara and there was an oil platform that burst about 3 million gallons, killing thousands and thousands of dolphins and sea lions and birds. 35 miles of the coast of Santa Barbara was black. And that started movement. That started a movement. Shortly after the head of Union Oil remarked that he was shocked.” (27:05–27:28)

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