The cleanup may bring a surge of temporary work, but residents of the Gulf Coast worry that the boom will be temporary at best. We talk to Johnny Glover, who runs a fishing lodge, and to Dean Blanchard, a seafood distributor.
Industry and the environment prepare for oil spill’s long clean-up
A proposed theme park for Cape Cod would offer special features such as the nuclear Meltdown Mall, a Climate Change Casino & Sweat Lodge, and the world’s first Turbine Wheel Ride.
Offshore Drilling Debate
A moratorium on offshore drilling has kept most of the U.S. shoreline free from new oil and gas rigs for more than two decades. The ban on drilling has broad support, especially in coastal communities. They’re concerned that drilling platforms, spills or
Ixtoc spill still around after 30 years: how long for BP gusher?
In 1979, an explosion on the Ixtoc 1 oil platform caused the world’s worst accidental oil spill 50 miles off Mexico’s Gulf Coast. The 2010 spill could surpass the Ixtoc if it, too, takes nine months to cap.
