The Guardian | California oil spill: coast guard defends 'day zero' cleanup amid criticism The Guardian The first wave of workers deployed booms in the water to corral the oil slick and placed them along the shoreline to protect ecologically sensitive habitats. Others vacuumed up oil from the site of the underground pipeline that ruptured on 19 May ... Coast Guard: There were boots on the ground after oil spill Coast Guard defends cleanup response to California oil spill Federal agencies are defending their response to California's largest oil ... |