DON'T DRILL FLORIDA

The Deepwater Horizon has now leaked an estimated 3.5 million gallons of oil.  Recently BP attempted to cap the leak with a containment dome.  In only a day, the dome became blocked by hydrate crystals and had to be removed.  BP is now considering a smaller containment dome, which will perhaps be less likely to [...]

On April 20, BP’s Deep Horizon rig exploded approximately 130 miles southeast of News Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico.  The rig subsequently sank on April 22.  Since that horrific incident, the Deep Horizon rig has been pouring an estimated 5,000 barrels of oil a day into the Gulf.  The slick has already reached Louisiana and [...]