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In 2010 the BP Deepwater Horizon oil-drilling rig exploded, killing 11 people and spewing up to 205 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Thousands of animals — from seabirds and sea turtles to marine mammals — were injured or killed in the aftermath.
Now BP is back. Reports indicate it wants to drill and frack in even deeper Gulf of Mexico waters, where oil is under extreme pressure. Reaching that oil will be risky and test the limits of oil-drilling technology. It will also threaten key habitat for critically endangered Rice's whales, who were seriously hurt by the 2010 spill. With only around 50 of them left, another disastrous oil spill could drive these whales extinct.
Oil and gas development in the Gulf has caused spill after spill. It continues people's reliance on fossil fuels and worsens climate chaos. Thankfully federal law gives the U.S. Department of the Interior the authority to reject plans — like this one — that risk serious, unacceptable harm to the environment.
Take action: Tell Secretary Deb Haaland to reject BP's disastrous new drilling plan.