Oil Spill
On April 30, 2010, an oil spill from the rig Deepwater Horizon approached the wildlife refuge. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is likely to exceed the Exxon Valdez oil spill in terms of volume. The refuge was closed on May 7, 2010 to limit disturbances of nesting sea birds and allow cleanup operations to proceed unimpeded.
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Famous quotes containing the words oil and/or spill:
“No skilled hands
caress a stranger’s flesh with lucid oil before
a word is spoken
no feasting
before a tale is told, before
the stranger tells his name.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“Didn’t spill a drop. The shakes are gone just because of a piece of music. Until they played that piece, I, I forgot how I got into this thing. Keep on playin’ it. I don’t think I’ll ever forget again.”
—Jules Furthman (1888–1960)