Crisis in the Gulf

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Crisis in the Gulf

On April 20, 2010, an explosion and fire aboard an oil drilling platform unleashed a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The Deepwater Explorer disaster has imperiled the ecosystem along the U.S. Gulf Coast.

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