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[[File:4543311558 30eb68a7df b d.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The ''[[Deepwater Horizon]]'' on April 21]] | [[File:4543311558 30eb68a7df b d.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The ''[[Deepwater Horizon]]'' on April 21]] | ||
==About== | ==About== | ||
| − | + | The [[Deepwater Horizon oil spill]] began on {{date|2010-04-20|April 20, 2010}} with a methane explosion that killed eleven crew on the ''[[Deepwater Horizon]]'', an [[oil exploration rig]] operated by [[BP]] off the coast of [[Louisiana]], and caused a blowout at the wellhead 1500m (almost a mile) below the surface. The rig continued to burn despite intensive fire-fighting, and sank two days later. | |
It is the worst US oil disaster in history, eclipsing even the [[Exxon Valdez oil spill]] of 1989. | It is the worst US oil disaster in history, eclipsing even the [[Exxon Valdez oil spill]] of 1989. | ||
===Timeline=== | ===Timeline=== | ||
| + | ''incomplete'' | ||
* '''2009-09-21''' [[NOAA]] [http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=1265 urges cutbacks] in the lease schedule for oil and gas drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf, citing ecological concerns | * '''2009-09-21''' [[NOAA]] [http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=1265 urges cutbacks] in the lease schedule for oil and gas drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf, citing ecological concerns | ||
* '''2010-01-14''' two [[US Congress]]men – [[Bart Stupak]] and [[Henry Waxman]] – send a [http://www.propublica.org/documents/item/congressional-committee-letter-to-bp letter] to BPXE (BP's Alaskan exploration division) noting several safety concerns | * '''2010-01-14''' two [[US Congress]]men – [[Bart Stupak]] and [[Henry Waxman]] – send a [http://www.propublica.org/documents/item/congressional-committee-letter-to-bp letter] to BPXE (BP's Alaskan exploration division) noting several safety concerns | ||
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* '''2010-05-11''' BP lowers a smaller "top hat" containment dome to the seabed but not over the gusher; it is apparently a backup plan for the tube deployed 3 days later | * '''2010-05-11''' BP lowers a smaller "top hat" containment dome to the seabed but not over the gusher; it is apparently a backup plan for the tube deployed 3 days later | ||
* '''2010-05-14''' BP deploys a suction tube 6 inches in diameter in an attempt to siphon or vacuum up some of the oil from a leaking pipe before it can spread; the attempt fails, but BP says it will retry on the 15th | * '''2010-05-14''' BP deploys a suction tube 6 inches in diameter in an attempt to siphon or vacuum up some of the oil from a leaking pipe before it can spread; the attempt fails, but BP says it will retry on the 15th | ||
| + | ==Political Deaths== | ||
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| + | * '''2010-08-08''' [[Matt Simmons]], oil industry whistleblower and critic [http://www.examiner.com/article/matt-simmons-bp-cia-conspiracy-theory-suggested-behind-his-unexpected-death] and a former energy advisor to President [[George W. Bush]]. He died in his hot tub.<ref name="vault-3630" /> | ||
| + | * '''2010-08-12''' [[Ted Stevens]] "an elderly senator from Alaska, who some say received communications regarding BP's faulty blowout preventer, died in a plane crash. BP had donated $1 million to the University of Alaska to catalog papers from Stevens' political career."<ref name="vault-3630" /> | ||
| + | * '''2010-10-06''' [[Roger Grooters]] "who was on a cross-country bike ride to draw attention to the Gulf Coast oil disaster, was hit by a truck [...] and was killed instantly in front of his horrified wife.<ref name="vault-3630" /> | ||
| + | * '''2010-11''' Dr. [[Jeffrey Gardner]] "of Lakeland, FL, who was an expert on swans and was also investigating unexplained bird deaths near Sarasota, disappeared."<ref name="vault-3630" /> | ||
| + | * '''2010-11-15''' "[[Chitra Chauhan]], who worked in the Center for Biological Defense and Global Health Infectious Disease Research and was studying the effects of the BP oil spill on humans, was found dead of cyanide poisoning in a Temple Terrace, FL, hotel on Nov. 15, 2010. It was officially ruled a suicide, even though she left behind a husband and three-year-old child."<ref name="vault-3630" /> | ||
| + | * '''2010-11-15+?''' [[James Patrick Black]], "director of operations for BP's restoration organization for the oil spill [,...] died near Destin, FL, in another small plane crash." (the week after Chauhan's death) | ||
| + | * '''2010-12''' [[John P. Wheeler III]], Dec. 2010. Wheeler was beaten and thrown into a garbage dumpster. His body was later found in a landfill.<ref name="vault-3630" /> | ||
| + | * '''2011-02''' [[Gregory Stone]], a scientist at [[Louisiana State University]] and "an outspoken critic against BP, died suddenly [...] of an 'unknown illness.'"<ref name="vault-3630" /> | ||
| + | * "soon after" [[Joseph Morrissey, a scientist "who was studying the effects of the BP oil spill on cells, was shot to death during what police concluded was a home invasion robbery. No one was ever arrested."<ref name="vault-3630" /> ''I can't find any sources for this one; I keep running into reports of another Joseph Morrissey, a [[Nova Southeastern University]] (Florida) scientist who was studying the use of radio frequency waves in cancer treatment, in a home-invasion robbery on 2010-02-09.[http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/crime-law/nova-instructor-shot-dead-in-plantation-after-arme/nL53y/][http://www.stevequayle.com/index.php?s=189][http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/MI83724/][http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/12/07/3130568/son-who-helped-father-murder-nsu.html] | ||
| + | * '''2011-01-19''' Dr. [[Thomas B. Manton]], "who was one of the first to warn the public that far more oil than what BP had reported was gushing into the Gulf, was murdered in prison after being sentenced to 15 years on what some say were trumped-up child pornography charges. Similarly, Anthony Nicholas Tremonte, an officer with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources on the Gulf Coast, was also arrested on one count of possession of child pornography."<ref name="vault-3630" />[http://www.examiner.com/article/gulf-human-rights-hero-murdered][http://www.naturalnews.com/031115_Thomas_Manton_oil_spill.html][http://www.facebook.com/pages/In-Honor-of-Dr-Thomas-B-Manton/184476068242226] | ||
| + | * '''2012-11-27''' [[Bennie Turner]] (D) - age 64 - brain tumor <ref name="2013-03-24-DM" /> | ||
| + | * '''2012-12-06''' [[Alice Harden]] (D) - age 64 - undisclosed, lengthy illness [http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2012/12/senator-alice-harden-passed-away.html] | ||
| + | * '''2013-01-13''' [[David Gibbs]] (MS House D) - age 76 - cancer - resigned for health reasons 2013-01-08 [http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20130117/NEWS010504/130117015/Mississippi-House-honors-late-Rep-David-Gibbs] | ||
| + | * '''2013-02-04''' [[Joe Gardner]] (D) - age 68 - apparent heart attack [http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2013/feb/04/state-rep-joe-gardner-of-batesville-fourth-to/] | ||
| + | * '''2013-03-24''' [[Jessica Upshaw]], R-Diamondhead, MS: "Upshaw was appointed by Gov. Phil Bryant to be a part of the board tasked with planning how to spend billions in RESTORE Act fines BP will pay as a result of the 2010 Gulf oil spill."[http://www.sunherald.com/2013/03/25/4550440/diamondhead-remembers-upshaw-for.html] The death, by gunshot to the head[http://enenews.com/politican-found-with-gunshot-wound-to-head-5th-mississippi-lawmaker-to-die-since-november-cbs-does-not-appear-to-be-a-natural-death-was-directing-bp-oil-spill-fine-money][http://enenews.com/abc-mystery-surrounds-death-of-lawmaker-shot-in-head-body-found-in-garage-no-one-has-been-arrested-investigation-still-in-early-stages], appears to have been a suicide[http://www.sunherald.com/2013/03/25/4550440/diamondhead-remembers-upshaw-for.html], which is consistent with the fact that she was known to have suffered from depression.[http://www.local15tv.com/mostpopular/story/Miss-Ex-Lawmaker-Upshaw-Struggled-with-Depression/AiPWR0hoaEG2OeFqtLq-9A.cspx][http://www.14news.com/story/21780524/jessica-upshaw]<ref name="2013-03-24-DM" /> | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
===Reference=== | ===Reference=== | ||
* {{wikipedia|Deepwater Horizon oil spill}} | * {{wikipedia|Deepwater Horizon oil spill}} | ||
* [http://www.propublica.org/series/gulf-oil-spill ProPublica] | * [http://www.propublica.org/series/gulf-oil-spill ProPublica] | ||
| + | * [http://www.incidentnews.gov/incident/8220 NOAA IncidentNews] | ||
| + | ===Sources=== | ||
| + | <references> | ||
| + | <ref name="vault-3630">[http://www.thevaultmag.com/archives/3630 Have nine BP oil spill whistleblowers been assassinated?]</ref> | ||
| + | <ref name="2013-03-24-DM">[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2298608/Jessica-Upshaw-Politician-shot-death-home-lawmaker-Clint-Rotenberry.html Mississippi politician and grandmother, 53, 'kills herself' at home of former lawmaker]</ref> | ||
| + | </references> | ||
===News=== | ===News=== | ||
{{links/news}} | {{links/news}} | ||
| + | ===Discussion=== | ||
| + | * '''2010-04-20''' [http://gcaptain.com/forum/offshore/4805-deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire.html Deepwater Horizon - Transocean Oil Rig Fire]: first word of the fire; some photos taken from a distance | ||
| + | ===to file=== | ||
| + | * '''2010-08-22''' [[URL/to file::http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6795540n|Deepwater Horizon's Blowout, Part 2]] on [[60 Minutes]]: video (not sure where Part 1 is) | ||
| + | * '''2013-01-04''' [[URL/to file::http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/01/201313195122509786.html|Swiss rig owner admits role in Gulf oil spill]] "The US Justice Department reached a $1.4bn settlement with [[Transocean Ltd.]], the owner of the drilling rig that sank after an explosion killed 11 workers and spawned the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico." | ||