… every single day that they want to do more of it and just enlisting the oil company executives in those efforts. But 16 years ago, we learned a big lesson. BP's Deepwater Horizon rig catastrophically exploded, creating the worst oil spill in our nation's history, destroying ecosystems, harming coastal communities, killing 11 people. And instead of learning from past mistakes, BP wants to go further and drill deeper. (01:56–02:09)
CLAIM
Asserts that the Deepwater Horizon explosion was the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
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