Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico After Ida Linked to Abandoned Pipeline

Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico After Ida Linked to Abandoned Pipeline

Sept 7, 2021

More than a week after Ida hit the Gulf of Mexico, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the hurricane made a huge mess of the oil and gas activities there. The government is investigating hundreds of reports of oil spills in the Gulf following the storm—and some of these spills may have come from the enormous network of old and abandoned pipelines that the government has allowed companies to leave on the ocean floor.

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