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The oil Spill
What happened on April 20th 2010
oil leaked out of the Maconda well at around 35,000 to 60,000 barrels a day; a total of 4.9 million gallons of oil making this the biggest offshore oil spill in history.
This became the longest « technological disaster », that was going for years
41 miles off the coast of louisiana
An offshore oil rig exploded, killing 11 people.
The deepwaer horizon rig was leased by the oil company BP, who took on full responsibility for the clean up operation
The reaction of the US governement and BP
The BP will take responsability to clean-up
The BP will look after the health and safety of the residents
They spent more then 14 billion dollars
Obama gave a speech about climate change
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
More then 800000 birds died on the first 95 days
Birds cannot reproduct since their home land is missing
Generations of birds lost
The Oil spill leaked out over 125 miles of the Louisiana state shores
Furthermore, the Oil spill managed to reach the Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida Coasts
"Oil could be cleaned from the surface within only a few months, but cleaning it out of the Marshlands would take years", a coast guard commander said.
Suggestions for alternative energy
Obama said : The plan is to double the production of solar and wind energy to power 6 million homes by 2020
Robert Dudley said : I do think solar and wind energy will provide a lot of energy