Anatomy of an evolving disaster
Oil rig spill worry: On 23rd April it was reported that BP was ready to deploy more than one million feet of boom and 32 surface vessels to try and contain the aniticipated spill from a drilling rig that sank after a fire in the Gulf of Mexico. The accident had little impact at first, but by the start of May is was clear that the situation was very much more serious with the White House taking a bigger role in the cleanup, and with the marshalling of resources from the United States Navy to supplement an operation that already consisted of more than 1,000 people and scores of vessels and aircraft. Today Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is reported to have withdrawn his support for drilling off the Californian coast, as a direct response to the disaster.
Posted: May 4th, 2010
Posted in Conservation