Reuters: Ocean advocates from Hollywood to North Carolina’s fragile beaches on Wednesday assailed a proposed expansion of offshore oil and gas drilling along the entire U.S. East Coast and four parts of California. “Ecosystems are disrupted top to bottom by the short and long term effects of oil,” Ted Danson, actor and founder of American Oceans Campaign, told the House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee. “More oil spills mean less abundant oceans. More oil spills mean fewer …