Showing posts with label Earth Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Earth Day. Show all posts
Monday, April 22, 2024
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
The Gulf Coast, Four Years After The BP Disaster
900: Bottlenose dolphins found dead or stranded
500: Sea Turtles found dead or stranded
20 percent: Portion of the Gulf’s bluefin tuna exposed
778 miles: Amount of coastline BP says it cleaned before ending
“active cleanup”
“active cleanup”
$14 billion: Amount BP says it spent on spill response and cleanup activities
$12.9 billion: Amount BP says it paid in claims, advances, civil settlements, and payments for tourism promotion, seafood testing, marketing,
and health services
and health services
$23 billion: BP’s profits in 201
$105 million: Amount BP paid under a partial settlement for the oil spill to fund new healthcare centers and services for the Gulf
17 months: Time period BP was banned from all federal contracts
Two weeks: Length of time after that suspension was lifted before BP
had another oil spill
Five: Number of rigs BP had in the Gulf of Mexico before the spill
10: Number of oil rigs BP currently has in the Gulf
1.3 million: Barrels of oil produced daily in the U.S. Gulf in 2011
2 million: Barrels of oil expected to come from the U.S. Gulf daily by 2020
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
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