Although BP promised to pay all "reasonable" costs of its 2010 spill, an Alaska Senator is
acting to absolve the company of all costs beyond the first $75,000,000. Since the costs are already over $600,000,000 and the spill is ongoing, this could add up to real money.
Even if the gusher were to be capped tomorrow -- which nobody is even suggesting -- the damage would continue for years, if not decades. As the Boston
Globe recently reported,
damage is still evident from a spill that occurred on the southwest coast of Cape Cod in 1969!
Previously, I posted some maps from NOAA and the response team. The
Perry-Castañeda Map Collection at the University of Texas provides a wider array of map sources, including Louisiana state government, which is hosting interactive trajectory maps. By the way, the Perry-Castañeda librarians can always be relied upon for links to maps related to current events.
Geography asks three questions:
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