April 20, 2010; Forty-one miles off the coast of Louisiana, a small vessel bursts into a catastrophic inferno. While the cause of this fire is unknown, the lives of numerous workers are lost as the fire only grows worse. Dense, scorching, black smoke …show more content…
Days after the initial explosion, the travesty continues to hold national headlines. Subsequently, oil has began spreading hundreds of miles in the Gulf of Mexico. An estimated millions of liters continue to spill daily, beginning to kill the environment and wildlife of all organisms which depend on the natural ecosystems to survive. Although the date of 4/20 is often joked about, the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill of 4/20/2010 is no joke; its legacy has resulted in the disaster being cited in college Environmental Sustainability textbooks, and even the requirement of this paper :). Although with varying degrees of damage, the stakeholders affected by the oil spill range far and