Sixty-Seven Years of Oil and Gas Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
Deepwater drilling is increasing in the Gulf. Oil companies say it’s safer now, but critics say spills are inevitable.
Deepwater Disaster: Five Years On, Not Much has Changed—Including the Impulse to Drill
The nation’s costly and dangerous dependence on fossil fuel continues to endanger the lives of U.S. workers, the health of our waters, the lifeblood of coastal economies, and the survival of wildlife. Five years later, NRDC looks back on the people and places that endured the worst of the disaster, and whose lives continue to be harmed by its impact.