The Gulf: 10 Years After the Deepwater Disaster
Apr 20, 2020 · 7 min read
On April 20, 2010, BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 of its workers and initiating a massive oil disaster that claimed the lives of thousands of birds, sea turtles, marine mammals and other wildlife. In a conversation with Jamie Rappaport Clark, we look back at one of the worst environmental disasters of our time: an 87-day nightmare as an estimated 200 million gallons of oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico.
