… Beyond oil spills and industrial accidents, there are other reasons that it’s past time to aggressively move away from fossil fuels. In Santa Barbara County, the remaining oil deposits are tar-like and incredibly polluting and energy-intensive to extract out of the ground. They are also located under our groundwater reservoirs, putting our drinking water at risk of contamination. 
–Written by Katie Davis, chair of Sierra Club Los Padres Chapter, Linda Krop, Chief Counsel of Environmental Defense Center, and Sigrid Wright, executive director of Community Environmental Council