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Warning: images of animals covered in oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill towards the end of the carousel
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On March 21, 2000 construction of Deepwater Horizon began. Ten years later, it would become the site for the largest marine oil spill in history.
If you are old enough, you might remember that at the time of the spill BP CEO, Tony Hayward, told the Guardian in an interview “the Gulf of Mexico is a very big ocean.” Despite the deaths of 11 workers, poisoning millions of animals, creating long-term health problems for the communities near the spill, the Deepwater Horizon spill was more of a PR headache than environmental catastrophe for the fossil fuel industry.
It’s shocking but not surprising that the US government would allow the conditions for history to repeat itself.
The repeal of the Endangerment Finding = removing the legal basis that allows the EPA to hold polluters accountable for their emissions
Executive Order to boost the production of glyphosate = legal immunity for domestic companies facing lawsuits by plaintiffs claiming their weedkiller causes cancer
These are such clear signals that human and animal life are and will not be prioritized over profit by this administration
