Decade after BP Deepwater Horizon spill, oil drilling is as dangerous as ever

Mongabay
Apr 20, 2020, 1:55 pm230 pts
It was one of the worst environmental disasters the world has witnessed. Ten years ago, on April 20, 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon exploratory rig exploded, killing 11 people and initiating the largest oil spill in the history of the United States. Millions of gallons of oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico,…

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