Showing posts with label Oil Spill From Exploded Gulf of Mexico Platform Threatens Hundreds of Miles of Beaches. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oil Spill From Exploded Gulf of Mexico Platform Threatens Hundreds of Miles of Beaches. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Oil Spill From Exploded Gulf of Mexico Platform Threatens Hundreds of Miles of Beaches


"D
rill- drill- drill" said those who think we should squeeze every gallon of oil from the Earth in and around America.



Now- there's about 42000 gallons of oil per day flowing unchecked into the Gulf of Mexico waters off Louisiana- Mississippi- Alabama and Florida- threatening to wash onto beaches at all of those states.

The timetable to stop the leak from the exploded oil-drilling platform that killed 11 people runs from later this week to 2 months from now.


Imagine- 2 months of 42000 gallons of free-flowing oil a day....
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