Seafood Industry Mostly Recovered 5 Years After BP Spill; Longer Term Environmental Impacts Linger
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [CNN] by Drew Griffin, Nellie Black and Curt Devine - April 15, 2015
On April 20, 2010, a final cement seal of an oil well in the Gulf of Mexico failed, causing what has been called the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history and taking the lives of 11 rig workers.
For 87 straight days, oil and methane gas spewed from an uncapped wellhead, 1 mile below the surface of the ocean.
The federal government estimated 4.2 million barrels of oil spilled into the Gulf, but BP argued in court that it was much lower. A judge ruled BP was responsible for the release of 3.1 million barrels...
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