A NASA satellite image of the Gulf of Mexico captured on Sunday shows an extensive oil slick created by last Monday's deadly explosion and sinking of The Deepwater Horizon platform. Authorities and salvage crews are trying to use underwater equipment to cap the 42,000 gallon-a-day oil leak.
Meanwhile: The massive oil slick has caused Democratic Senators Nelson (FL), Lautenberg (NJ) and Menendez (NJ)—who oppose oil and gas drilling off their states’ coastlines—to ask three Senate committees to investigate. And ...
"The spill comes just weeks after President Barack Obama outlined plans to lift a ban on drilling along the Outer Continental Shelf and expand offshore oil and gas drilling to within 125 miles of Florida’s coastline along the Gulf of Mexico. The administration’s plan would also open the Atlantic coast from Delaware to Florida and Lautenberg and Menendez said last week they hoped the explosion would “give the administration and our fellow members of Congress pause. heir effort to expand oil drilling. The bottom line is that when you drill for oil, there is always a risk that not only puts lives on the line, but a risk that puts miles of coastline and the economy on the line as well."
Drill, baby, drill. Another image from a much higher altitude AFTER THE JUMP ...
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