On the 10th anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, it's 'as if we've learned nothing from that disaster -- President Donald Trump has not stopped work on his radical plan to expand offshore oil drilling,' writes TedDanson | CNNOpinion
Ted Danson is an actor, ocean advocate and a board member of the environmental organization Oceana. Follow him on Twitter @TedDanson. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion at CNN. Ten years ago, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, spilling more than 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico for 87 days.
Ted DansonToday, it's as if we've learned nothing from that disaster -- President Donald Trump has not stopped work on his radical plan to expand offshore oil drilling to nearly all of our oceans. Administration officials have made it clear that despite the current public health emergency, their plans to expand offshore drilling are still underway.
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