by Troutfishing
Is British Petroleum's accidental terrorism, born from greed and incompetence, worse than the intentional terrorism that took down the two World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001 ? In 1962 the Bald Eagles were vanishing, and Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring warned America about the dangers of DDT - helping spark the environmental movement. But the Deepwater Horizon oil well blowout needs no book. Despite bizarre efforts by British Petroleum and subservient Coast Guard units to prevent mainstream media from bringing images of the slow-motion, apocalyptic disaster to the American people, news will get out. Here's why: BP's oil well disaster is far worse than Hurricane Katrina. It is far worse than 9-11. It is worse than the Oklahoma Dust Bowl of the 1930's. The human costs of the disaster will be horrendous. But the environmental costs will be incalculably worse, and in a way that average Americans can comprehend.
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