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Sunday, 02 May 2010 22:28
Tracking the BP Oil Spill
President Obama met Sunday with local, state, and federal authorities to survey the damage of BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill that began after an offshore drilling rig exploded on April 20 off the coast of Louisiana.
At the end of the day, the president gave a briefing from the small town of Venice, LA—a place many believe will be the first community to be affected by the spill as it moves inland. “Now, I think the American people are now aware, certainly the folks down in the Gulf are aware, that we're dealing with a massive and potentially unprecedented environmental disaster,” said Obama.
The BP disaster is already being compared to the 1989 Exxon Valdez off the coast of Alaska—the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
Published in
The Environment
