by Edward Acosta
American Thinker
Moments like the one we live in now come along from time to time, providing the opportunity to learn from the mistakes of the past. For instance, key takeaways from the Deepwater Horizon incident of April 2010 and how they apply to today are clear except to those who deny them.
On Apr. 20, 2010, an explosion occurred on the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The explosion, which killed 11 men, caused the rig to sink into the deep and started a devastating oil leak from the well. Prior to it being capped three months afterward, roughly 134 million gallons of oil had spilled into the Gulf, making it the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history and subsequently cost British Petroleum (BP) up to $8.8 billion in remediation costs and a $5.5 billion Clean Water Act penalty.