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Why the BP oil spill still matters after 9 years

In BP Spill, Featured News, Oil Spill Facts, Spill Damages
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There wasn’t much fanfare in April when the 9th anniversary of the world’s largest-ever oil spill — the BP Deepwater Horizon catastrophe that dumped more than 4 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico — came and went. Usually a 9th anniversary isn’t a big deal, after all. But the lack of attention might cause some folks to think the effects of America’s worst...

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Five years after BP, science tells a devastating tale about sea life

In BP Spill, Illnesses, Important Articles, Main, Ocean Life, Oil Spill Facts, Research, Spill Damages, Wildlife
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Coming up on five years after the BP oil spill, science has told us only a fraction of what we need to know about the catastrophe and its pernicious impact on the marine life of the Gulf of Mexico. For one thing, some key studies are just getting underway now, as research institutions are finally getting a tiny slice of the billions of dollars that have been promised for the Gulf by the British...

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Stuart H. Smith is an attorney based in New Orleans fighting major oil companies and other polluters.
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