The BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig ablaze. Image: U.S. Coast Guard . It’s been a strange month in the world of energy. On the heels of the West Virgina Massey coal mine tragedy followed and an oil spill caused by a coal-carrying ship near Australia, disaster struck again on the eve of Earth Day when a BP oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded. Below is a timeline of what has happened so far. We’ll also be updating this space as news develops . … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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BP Gulf Oil Spill Cheat Sheet: A Timeline of Unfortunate Events
