BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling platform disaster which started on April 10, 2010 and leaked  3.19 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico across 87 days, causing $62 billion in damages and clean-up costs. It is by far the worst oil spill in U.S. history. NEPA is a law intended to protect the public interest against such disasters. Photo courtesy NOAA
BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling platform disaster which started on April 10, 2010 and leaked 3.19 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico across 87 days, causing $62 billion in damages and clean-up costs. It is by far the worst oil spill in U.S. history. NEPA is a law intended to protect the public interest against such disasters. Photo courtesy NOAA