The Wild Contradictions (and Beauty) of Long Beach, CA

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Long Beach, California. Home of one of the busiest container ports in the world, expensive housing, a very long beach, and...over 2500 active oil wells. Yes, you heard that right.

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Resources:
https://cdn.beta.metro.net/wp-content...
https://knock-la.com/long-beach-oil-d...
https://www.conservation.ca.gov/calge...
https://ridelbt.com/watertaxis/
https://www.taptogo.net/TAPAgencies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Be...
https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/big-oi...
https://www.sierraclub.org/california...
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/fa...
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local...
https://www.dailynews.com/2022/09/16/...

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Images
Signal Hill oil field panorama, 1923 By The Aerograph Co. - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID pan.6a17401, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

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