The catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico became front-page news as soon as the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig exploded and caught fire on April 20, 2010, killing 11 workers and starting the worst man-made environmental disaster in U.S. history.
Watch
60 minutes, interview with a survivor from the Deepwater Horizon accident (approx. 30 minutes)
Deepwater Horizon (2016) – Official Movie Trailer
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Find out more about the following:
Transocean
BP
The Gulf of Mexico
Write a blog
Write a blog where you answer the following questions:
What were the environmental effects?
Who’s to blame?
What is the latest on this story?
What have the oil industry learned from this disaster?
Use Google Maps to pin down the location of Deepwater Horizon (add it to your blog)
