Oil And Gas, Bp Oil Spill
2010 • Gulf of Mexico
"An explosion kills 11 and badly injures 9 more workings on this modern drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, off the Louisiana coast. About 206 million gallons of oil spill and, driven by wind and tides, devastate fragile coastal environments from Louisiana to Florida. The well is finally plugged on Sept. 19, 2010. It's one of the largest petroleum related accidents in history..."
Environmental History Timeline. Radford University, School of Communication. Web. 19 Mar. 2012. . & Neuzil, Mark, and William Kovarik. Mass Media and Environmental Conflict: Americaś Green Crusades. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 1996. Print.
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