Horizon Oil Spill (aka BP Oil Spill) was one of the worst oil disasters in history. How much damage was done? How is BP making up for it? This is what we discovered: In the BP Oil Spill‚ more than 200 million gallons of crude oil was pumped into the Gulf of Mexico for a total of 87 days‚ making it the biggest oil spill in U.S. history. 16‚000 total miles of coastline have been affected‚ including the coasts of Texas‚ Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ Alabama‚ and Florida. Even though the gushing well was capped
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However‚ by then end of 1980s‚ the gradual reapproachment of the Soviet Union and US eroded the close Israeli-US relationship (12) The public growing tired of the conflict‚ as shown by the election win of the Labor instead of the Likud (15) Second Gulf War 1991 Rabin said that peace with the neighbors was the first thing to be complete to adapt to the new changing international picture (17) Key drivers leading PLO to negotiate Oslo PNC: Palestinian National Council‚ institution whose role is to
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predicting the Galveston Hurricane of 1900‚ the deadliest hurricane in history. This was a time period where people believed that their technology had overcome the forces of nature. In their view‚ Galveston‚ Texas‚ a thriving city on the quiet waters of the gulf could not possibly be devastated by any storm. Meteorology as a science was still controversial; some people thought that the weather was god’s own will and therefore should not be forecasted. Yet on September 9‚ over 8‚000 people would die in Galveston
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In 2010 the nation was dealt the worst oil spill in the history of the USA‚ the BP oil rig Deep water horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. This major catastrophe destroyed some people‚ millions of aquatic wildlife‚ birds and the reputation of BP all in one fatal event. What caused this mind blowing disaster to happen? We will take a look at the ethical‚ negligence and
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Dictator of Iraq‚ invaded the small neighboring country of Kuwait with goals to acquire profitable oil supplies. By attempting to control over one-fifth of the world’s oil supply‚ Hussein also posed an immediate threat to other powers in the Persian Gulf. George H.W. Bush‚ the American President at the time‚ responded to the tension stating‚ “this will not stand‚” resulting in Operation Desert Storm. SOURCE The causes leading up to Operation Desert Storm pitted an unsuspecting Iraqi military against
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The Deepwater Horizon oil spill Background The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill‚ the Gulf of Mexico oil spill‚ the BP oil disaster or the Macondo blowout)[7][8][9] is an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico which flowed for three months in 2010. It is the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry.[10][11][12] . The explosion killed 11 platform workers and injured 17 others.[13] On July 15‚ the leak was stopped by capping the gushing
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and The World at Arms‚ reflected similar reasons. Adolf Hitler’s aggressive ambitions to expand Germany’s lebensraum‚ living space‚ caused World War Two. The website‚ “The United Sates and the Iran-Iraq War”‚ and the Otago Daily Times article‚ “The Gulf Crisis and the United Nations”‚ reveal
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George Herbert Walker Bush was elected as the 41st president of the United States in 1989 and served one term which was completed in 1993. (stafoff 209) However he had served as vice president of the United States twice in a row under Ronald Reagan. (George Bush.) His vice presidency started in 1981 and ended in 1989. (George Bush.) He ran and was elected as president directly after his terms as vice president. (George Bush.) Many people think bush wasn’t the greatest president we have had to date
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In trying to determine where the Garden of Eden might have been located‚ we have an immediate problem‚ because while the biblical description is quite detailed‚ it is also fairly succinct. We are told only that: The Lord God planted a garden in Eden‚ in the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed. . . . A river flows out of Eden to water the garden‚ and from there it divides and becomes four branches. The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one that flows around the whole land of
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One of the most dangerous invasive species of today is the lionfish. Lionfish populations are growing substantially in the Gulf of Mexico and the areas that surround it. This growth is posing a threat to native fish populations. Lionfish are not native to American waters‚ but they seem to have all the right tools to be dominant over native ecosystems. Scientists are rushing to stop the harmful spread of the lionfish before the lionfish inflict too much damage on the delicate ecosystems. The venomous
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