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William R. Freudenburg

The late William R. Freudenburg was Dehlsen Professor of Environmental Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Blowout in the Gulf

The BP Oil Spill Disaster and the Future of Energy in America
By William R. Freudenburg and Robert Gramling

On April 20, 2010, the gigantic drilling rig Deepwater Horizon blew up in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven crew members and causing a massive eruption of oil from BP's Macondo well. For months, oil gushed into the Gulf, spreading death and destruction. Americans watched real-time video of the huge column of oil and gas spewing from the obviously failed "blowout preventer." The evening news showed heart-rending images of pelicans, dolphins, and other Gulf wildlife covered in oil.