After a large oil spill threatens the coastline of Santa Barbara, Lawyer Brent Marks' girlfriend Rebecca takes on the big oil companies. Initial victories in her class action case lead to her all-out declaration of war against fossil fuels. When she turns up missing, a suspected victim of foul play, Brent finds himself questioning whether to continue with the case.
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As the sun went to rest below the Santa Barbara horizon, the spectacular hues of fiery red and orange gave way to a cobalt blue sky. Soon after, only the twinkling of the harbor lights could be seen, along with the offshore lights of the oil rigs, which looked like stationary boats a few miles off into the ocean.
The spring morning in May was like most others along the coast, known as the “Riviera of the Pacific.” As the palm trees swayed in the early breeze, the sunlight glistened and glinted off the gentle rolling waves. A lone pelican drifted perfectly parallel to the sparkling water, as if its flight had been programmed by a flight management system computer in a modern airliner. Seagulls bleated out their calls as they scavenged along the shore.
The air hung heavy with the combination of morning dew and a thin coat of fog that still hung over the horizon. Beneath the waves another perfectly balanced ecosystem thrived with creatures unseen, except to the morning fishermen trolling along in their boats, drinking coffee and watching a school of dolphins which seemed to fly out of the ocean as they sped by.
Twelve-year-old Teddy Nestor had set out from his family’s campground after breakfast to do some exploring along Refugio Beach. As he picked up shells along the palm-scattered sandy seaboard, he imagined himself a pirate, coming to ground in his longboat, in search of Coronado’s gold. Teddy approached an area where the smooth sand gave way to rocks, and ventured out onto them to explore the tide pools. He bent over and peered into a small pool which held black sea urchins and hermit crabs rumbling around them and was assaulted by a sulphurous, pungent smell, so strong he felt like gagging. He turned and headed back to camp to tell his dad.
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