Seth Steiner

Jan 15, 2025 | independent.com | Seth Steiner |Los Alamos

The Pyrocene Era By Seth Steiner, Los Alamos Wed Jan 15, 2025 | 4:02pm Add to Favorites We live in the “Pyrocene” era: the age of fire. Supercharged Santa Ana winds, record high temperatures and drought have fueled the current wildfire crisis. There is death in Los Angeles County, tens of thousands have been displaced and countless homes are reduced to ashes. In the far north of our state, massive fires have torn through rainforests where Climate Change burned off the region’s protective...

Sep 30, 2024 | independent.com | Seth Steiner |Los Alamos

Avoid the Next Oil Spill By Seth Steiner, Los Alamos Mon Sep 30, 2024 | 4:41pm Add to Favorites Sable Offshore, a convenient creation of ExxonMobil, seeks to reopen the same failed oil pipeline that caused the catastrophic spill of May 2015. Almost 150,000 gallons of toxic and cancer-causing crude flooded our water and beaches, contaminating one of the most biologically diverse areas of the West Coast and leaving taxpayers with the economic consequences. The U.S. remains, by far, the world’s...

Aug 28, 2023 | edhat.com | Seth Steiner |Los Alamos

By Seth Steiner, Los AlamosOF CANARIES AND POODLESAltho neither a birder nor an ornithologist, I am a fan of The Canary opinion column in the Santa Maria Sun. It’s snappy and entertaining. But last week it bordered on the bird-brained. This bird looks and sounds yellow. It ought not to quake and quiver. Refuse to be caged by ExxonMobil’s naked threats to sue the County. Buck up, bird up, do the right thing and fly free. Recall 2015 when over One Hundred Thousand gallons of Exxon oil spilled at Gaviota.

Apr 30, 2023 | independent.com | Seth Steiner |Los Alamos

This week Exxon asked the county to allow it to reopen a 123-mile-long pipeline that caused the 142,000-gallon Refugio spill in 2015. The pipe is over 30 years old, is eight years older now than when it caused that great destruction, and has not been fully inspected and repaired in all this time. Rather than spend the money to repair the old pipe, Exxon proposed to install valves that would supposedly limit future spills to manageable levels.

Feb 16, 2023 | santamariasun.com | Seth Steiner |Los Alamos

The following article was posted on February 14th, 2023, in the Santa Maria Sun - Volume 23, Issue 51 [ Submit a Story ] The following articles were printed from Santa Maria Sun [santamariasun.com] - Volume 23, Issue 51 Better planning at no cost By Seth Steiner, Los AlamosCounty Planning and Development is tasked with smoothing the way for thousands of new homes. Especially in unincorporated towns, which have little say in their own affairs, the process could be improved.