Editorial: Intrusive legacy - Chron.com
Five years have passed since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster spilled more than 200 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Five years for beaches, coastal marshes, and bird, wildlife and marine habitat to recover, as best they can, from the viscous deposits of oil and the massive tar mats that washed up on Gulf Coast shores in the days, months and years following the... Those five years have been a time of recovery on many fronts, and yet the BP oil spill's legacy still intrudes. Much remains to be done, not only the continuing effort to clean up the Gulf but also to apply what we've learned as we deal with environmental issues in the future, in the Gulf and elsewhere. According to a recent study from Florida State University, possibly 10 million gallons of oil are still on the sea floor. Although the Texas coast was spared the worst of the environmental catastrophe, some communities in other Gulf Coast states still need help. Even though BP claims to have spent $28 billion mitigating damages, there is still much to do. The good news five years after the single largest oil spill in American history is that local, state and federal agencies and environmental groups have... Source: www.chron.com
