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The Deepwater Horizon disaster: Lasting impacts and lingering questions 15 years later

After a massive explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig killed 11 workers on April 20, 2010, millions of gallons of crude oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico for months, triggering the most ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Shrugging off Deepwater Horizon disaster, administration relaxes oil industry rules

A member of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's staff wearing a glove reaches into thick oil on the surface of the northern regions of Barataria Bay in Plaquemines Parish, La., in June 2010. The well ...
Los Angeles Times

15 years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill, lawsuits stall and restoration is incomplete

NEW ORLEANS — Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 people and sending 134 million gallons of crude gushing into the ocean, the effects of the ...
Orlando Sentinel

Commentary: ‘Drill, baby, drill’ ignores lessons of Deepwater Horizon

If you live around the Gulf of Mexico, you already know the significance of April 20. It’s a date with lasting footprints on the beaches along our coast, from Florida to Texas. Fifteen years ago this ...
Mongabay

15 years after the BP oil spill disaster, how is the Gulf of Mexico faring?

The Deepwater Horizon disaster on April 20, 2010, was the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, releasing an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico over nearly three months ...