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New report: Oil spills from offshore transportation way down

FILE - In this aerial image taken with a drone, workers in protective suits clean the contaminated beach after an oil spill in Newport Beach, Calif., Oct. 6, 2021. According to a federal report released Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, oil and natural gas spills from tanker ships and pipelines in U.S. waters dropped dramatically from the last decade of the 1990s to the one from 2010 through 2019. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File) FILE - Workers in protective suits clean the contaminated beach in Corona Del Mar after an oil spill in Newport Beach, Calif., Oct. 7, 2021. According to a federal report released Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, oil and natural gas spills from tanker ships and pipelines in U.S. waters dropped dramatically from the last decade of the 1990s to the one from 2010 through 2019. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File) FILE - In this aerial photo taken with a drone, workers in protective suits continue to clean an oil-contaminated beach in Huntington Beach, Calif., Oct. 11, 2021. According to a federal report released Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, oil and natural gas spills from tanker ships and pipelines in U.S. waters dropped dramatically from the last decade of the 1990s to the one from 2010 through 2019. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)