Bad right statement, it was spotted in san pablo bay. It was a mile long and 40 yards wide, enough to prompt the ferry to temporarily halt service from vallejo to San Francisco. Theres only two buses running. It will take all day. Nobody has that kind of time. Officials at the phillips 66 refinery confirmed there was another sheen by a terminal. One discovered just after 8 00 this morning. The tanker arrived in rodeo on monday. A phillips 66 smokes pan said operations at the Marine Terminal have been temporarily shut down. We are working closely with the coast guard and other agencies regarding the response. By midday, an orange boom was going around the ship. California fish and wildlife and bay keeper confirmed they have teams on the way. Theres a lot of sensitive wetland communities in that area. Want to make sure the areas around Point San Pablo and pa knoll are protected and that the wet lands arent inundated. Theres no reports of injured or oiled wildlife. Abc 7 news. Laura antho
Nearby oil sheen. Good evening, im dan ashley. Im kristen sze. Ama daetz is off tonight. One of them is a mile long. The other is surrounding an oil tanker at the phillips 66 refinery in rodeo. Lets start with reporter Laura Anthony live in rodeo. Laura . Reporter christien, this cleanup effort well under way. This is the Marine Terminal behind me. That is the ship in question and around it, were seeing at least eight smaller vessels trying to contain and presumably clean up the oil sheen that sits here. At this point, all we know is the ship arrived monday. But we dont know how much oil is actually leaked into the bay. The coast guard is investigating, but still doesnt know if one thing led to another when it comes to connecting a mysterious odor with two oil sheens. They do seem to be tied because of the fact they happened at the same time. The mystery started when people are were calling 911 to complain of an odd odor. It was strong. It burns your throat, your nose. Yeah. Bad right
Gerri we begin with a story the impacts were bottom line. As summer heats up Many Americans are upgrading their old airconditioners, shelling out a pretty penny for energy star appliances. A score of lawsuits against manufacturers have said the energy star steel hasnt lived up to their expectations and now there is legislation in the works that would silence these class action lawsuits altogether. We are looking out for consumers tonight with john six and im an advocate for the consumer watchdog. I want to start if you have been shopping in the last 20 years for an appliance you seen the energy star label. What does it mean . It means the appliance you are buying ranking from refrigerators to airconditioners, even televisions havent met Certain Energy efficiency rules and regulations and standards i should say. Therefore, you will save money on electricity you pay. Gerri currently the epas website says its a voluntary purpose to help save and protect our climate. Save money and protect