DoomsdaysCW<p>The Oil Company Behind the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeepwaterHorizon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepwaterHorizon</span></a> Spill Wants to Do a Massive, Risky Drilling Project in the Gulf</p><p>July 11, 2025 </p><p>"What’s happening: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BP</span></a>, the company behind the worst <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilSpill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OilSpill</span></a> in U.S. history, is asking the Trump administration to allow it to drill a new, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UltraDeepwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UltraDeepwater</span></a> project in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GulfOfMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GulfOfMexico</span></a>.</p><p>"Why it matters: BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010 killed 11 people and released 4.9 million barrels of oil that blanketed the Gulf shoreline. It wiped out horrific amounts of marine life, cratered local economies, and left Gulf communities burdened with everything from health issues to unemployment.</p><p>"The conditions around BP’s new proposed project, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kaskida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kaskida</span></a>, could make it even more dangerous than the Deepwater Horizon. Kaskida would be in greater depths, where equipment would have to withstand higher pressures and temperatures.</p><p>"BP lacks experience operating this type of well and had not met required qualifications for using this drilling technology at the time of its application. It also vastly underestimates the impacts of another oil spill. We’re telling the government not to give BP another chance to contaminate the Gulf and disrupt coastal communities." </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BPLied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BPLied</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BPIsNotSorry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BPIsNotSorry</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BPKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BPKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThanksBigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThanksBigOil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GulfStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GulfStates</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CleanUpYourMessBP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CleanUpYourMessBP</span></a></p>