Climate change: UK test for new oil and gas fields' impact on emissions targets is not fit for purpose
Despite once holding promise, the UK’s climate compatibility checkpoint has become a formality.
Oct. 13, 2022 • ~8 min
Despite once holding promise, the UK’s climate compatibility checkpoint has become a formality.
Offshore oil drilling has a long history in California, but is highly unpopular today. The latest major spill is likely to fuel efforts to wind down oil and gas production statewide.
The Deepwater Horizon disaster set new records for holding polluters to account. But it had much less impact on laws regulating offshore drilling or US oil dependence.
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill caused widespread damage in the Gulf of Mexico, but some parts of this complex ecosystem fared better than others.
The BP Deepwater Horizon blowout on April 20, 2010 triggered the largest offshore oil spill in history. Ten years later, post-spill reforms are being undone and the Gulf of Mexico remains vulnerable.
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