Mexico Oil Spill is American history Most Serious Oil Pollution Disaster
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British Petroleum (BP) "Deep Horizon" rig sudden explosion, killing 11 workers die, which leads to the pipeline burst, causing massive oil spill, about 170 million gallons of crude oil leaked into the Gulf of Mexico.
Oil hurt the Obama Administration
Oil spill in U.S. history quickly turned into the worst oil disaster. Handling oil spill, only a test of the international oil giant BP, this strength, but also a test of the administration's emergency response capabilities.
BP company has paid a heavy price, not only spent 6.1 billion clean-up, but also for the people and the ecological environment along the compensation fund established 40 billion U.S. dollars. After the spill, BP's share price fell more than 15%.
Oil unprecedented ecological disaster and the beautiful scenery of the Gulf of Mexico into a "dead city." Obama's public opinion has also been a drag on the oil spill. A poll showed that 71% of Americans believe that the Obama administration BP too "soft", 53% of Americans think Obama administration in response to oil spills in the performance of "bad" or "very good. "
Ecological risk has not been eliminated
Although the oil spill has been in the past six months, but this ecological disaster to bring people from the memory of the shadow completely eliminated. European and American media at the end of the selection of more than 10 major international news, oil spills are among the best.
Sudden oil spill, completely changed the fate of some people. Bill Masterton is an oil engineer, working on oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico for 38 years. Oil spill occurred, the Master also be implicated unemployed. In fact, the Masters is not a BP employee, he worked for a company called "Sea Hawk", but the spill prompted the U.S. government to suspend the Gulf of Mexico crude oil production. And Masters along with other laid off 300 employees.
Relative to unemployment, the ecological disaster caused by oil spills even more serious. Analysts say, spread the oil in seawater hazards can continue for several years. Experts say pollution may lead to a long 1,000 miles along the Gulf Coast wetlands and the beach were destroyed, damaged fisheries, extinction of vulnerable species.
For this reason, the U.S. Justice Department announced a joint civil action by adding to the BP, after dozens of civil society has been in Arizona on BP and other contractors filed a cross-regional action. Regardless of the outcome of litigation, the leakage of oil spill and the harm it will continue to exist.
Gulf of Mexico oil spill incident not only with the environment, but environmental crime, criminal proceedings should be considered. If the oil rig explosion caused by human error caused the accident, they should be held criminally responsible person.
Oil spills occurred in the spring particularly sensitive, because many animals are preparing to lay eggs. In the Gulf of Mexico bluefin tuna is a large reproduction; seabirds are nesting. Oil spill would destroy the entire eco-system, and built on its previous economic activities. |
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