Why the BP Disaster in the Gulf Could Happen Again Tomorrow

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Our response to last year's disaster is the equivalent of rearranging chairs on the deck of the Titanic.

On Wednesday, 365 days will have passed since the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig killed 11 workers and triggered the worst environmental disaster our country has ever seen. For 87 of those days, we watched helplessly as the government, BP and countless contractors failed to stop the oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.

The most disheartening aspect of the whole thing? It could happen again tomorrow.

Sure, President Barack Obama reshuffled the Department of Interior's offshore drilling regulators and issued a deepwater drilling moratorium while making small improvements to safety and environmental reviews in response to the disaster. But that's like rearranging the chairs on the deck of the Titanic

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