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Rush Limbaugh Claims BP Oil Spill Didn’t Harm Environment

Rush Limbaugh Claims BP Oil Spill Didn’t Harm Environment

BP’s 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion that claimed the lives of 11 men, killed numerous dolphins and other marine life, and released millions of barrels of oil and natural gas into the Gulf of Mexico was an environmental disaster. The catastrophe has left far-reaching impacts on the region’s economy and ecosystems that continue to this day. […]

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    Rush Limbaugh Claims BP Oil Spill Didn’t Harm Environment

    Rush Limbaugh Claims BP Oil Spill Didn’t Harm Environment

    BP’s 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion that claimed the lives of 11 men, killed numerous dolphins and other marine life, and released millions of barrels of oil and natural gas into the Gulf of Mexico was an environmental disaster. The catastrophe has left far-reaching impacts on the region’s economy and ecosystems that continue to this day. […]

    Trump Names BP Oil Spill Lawyer as Top Environmental Attorney

    Trump Names BP Oil Spill Lawyer as Top Environmental Attorney

    President Donald Trump announced Tuesday his intention to nominate Jeffrey Bossert Clark—who defended BP in lawsuits surrounding the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill and challenged the Obama administration over greenhouse gas rules on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce—to head the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division. Clark is a partner in the […]

    Oil From BP Spill Has Officially Entered the Food Chain

    Oil From BP Spill Has Officially Entered the Food Chain

    Researchers in Louisiana have found carbon from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the feathers and digestive tracts of seaside sparrows, proving for the first time that oil from the disastrous 2010 spill has entered the food chain. Seaside sparrows show signs of BP Deepwater Horizon oil. The study, published today in Environmental Research […]