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History Today: The deadly Deepwater Horizon blast that led to a massive oil spill
On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, drilling at the Macondo Prospect in the Gulf of Mexico, exploded and later ...
Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon spill, Big Oil is still making risky offshore drilling bets | Opinion
The BP Deepwater Horizon spill forced massive job losses and damage to ecosystems and wildlife and nearly put a Gulf boat ...
Korea JoongAng Daily on MSN5d
China maintains secrecy around Yellow Sea rig ahead of scheduled bilateral talks
YOUNG]   China has refused Korea’s request to conduct an on-site inspection of a large steel structure installed ...
Trump signs executive order boosting deep-sea mining industry
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at boosting the deep-sea mining industry, marking his ...
The Deepwater Horizon disaster: Lasting impacts and lingering questions 15 years later
Memories of the 2010 explosion and spill that killed 11 workers and dumped 134 million gallons of oil in the Gulf of Mexico ...
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Trump Order Fast-Tracking Deep-Sea Mining Threatens Ocean Health
WASHINGTON— President Trump signed an executive order today to fast-track a process that purports to allow U.S.-affiliated companies to mine the deep seabed in U.S. and international waters. The order ...
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15 years after the BP oil spill disaster, how is the Gulf of Mexico faring?
Down past New Orleans lies Plaquemines parish, a narrow sliver of land at the tip of Louisiana that reaches southward like a ...