4 years After BP Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico Wildlife Still Dying in Record Numbers Christine Dell'Amore - National Geographic | |
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'Great Invisible' focuses on the human ecosystem that was caught up in the disaster caused by the blowout and explosion of the Deepwater Horizon. The documentary won the 2014 SXSW Film Festival Grand Jury Prize. (TakePart)
Four years after the biggest oil spill in U.S. history, several species of wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico are still struggling to recover, according to a new report.
In particular, bottlenose dolphins and sea turtles are dying in record numbers, and the evidence is stronger than ever that their demise is connected to the spill, according to Doug Inkley, senior scientist for the National Wildlife Federation, which issued the report.
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded on April 20, 2010, killing 11 people and spewing more than 200 million gallons (750 million liters) of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Since then, various government agencies and nonprofits, including the National Wildlife Federation, have been studying the region's wildlife to track the impacts of the oil.
Now, that "science is telling us that this is not over," Inkley said in a statement.
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BP sounds the all clear, claiming Gulf of Mexico cleanup complete. Yet BP oil washes ashore each and every day nearly four years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster. This image from a Pensacola newspaper in late February 2014. (The Legal Examiner)
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