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Oil Rig Explosion
BP oil spill There was a fire and explosion on the oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. 11 people were missing and 17 were injured. This affected the environment because it started releasing toxic oil into the ocean environment. This affected a lot of wildlife -
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Years taken for BP Gulf Oil Spill
It took over a year for the devestation in the Gulf to be cleaned up and put back to normal. This caused devastation to the environment but also to the economy that bases their job off of that area. This was all destroyed because of the mistakes of humans -
Oil Rig sinks
Oil Rig Sinks
The oil rig sinks. This affects the environment because it can destroy the oceanlifes environment. At the same time, the oil is still spilling out of the rig. -
Oil Found
Oil Found OIl is found leaking out of the pipeline. This affects the environment because that is very toxic to the environment -
Investigatin Started
Investigation This affects the environment because a investigation can see if there was away this disaster was prevented so that there isn't all the devestation -
Oil spillage increases
Oil spillage The oil increases to 10,000 barrels a day leaking. This affects the envirnment because it is a lot of toxic chemicals that is not stopping. -
Gulf Shore Affected
Shore Affected This affected the environment because it affects the ocean, the marshes, the beaches, but also the human communities that work and live off of the ocean. -
Oil Containment Domes
Containment Domes\ This affects the environment because these domes are used to cover over the oil and keep it from not spillng out anymore -
More Domes, and ignored sftey rules
More Domes
This affects the environment because the oil is still leaking and more and more containment domes aren't working. Another reason is that the government stated that BP ignored rules and saftey warnings before the accident. This is important because this could of been prevented. -
Well finally sealed
Well finnally sealed This affects the environment because it took 5 months to seal the well. This was a lot of oil that could of been stopped, but instead was still destroying the environment -
Oil cleanup ended
Oil cleanup ended
This affected the environment because it took over a year to fix the envirnoment. A lot of this was destroyed and many animals and other wildlife died.
