Sat.Apr 16, 2016 - Fri.Apr 22, 2016

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The 6th Anniversary of the BP Oil Spill

Earth Gratitude

Ironically, it was just two days before Earth Day in 2010 when the Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 men and spewing at least 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf. So many of us watched in horror as method after method failed. The oil well gushed for 87 days, killing wildlife and sliming beaches. Every time I started my car, I felt dirty.