When leases end on offshore drilling rigs, oil companies are supposed to clean up after themselves by removing the rigs and leaving the site clean. But in reality, There are thousands of oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico right now that oil companies have left vacant past their deadline. many of which are at risk of releasing toxic chemicals into the ocean. On top of that, the US Is forced to use taxpayer money, your money, to clean up after the oil companies. (00:11–00:19)
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Asserts that oil companies have left thousands of oil rigs vacant past their deadline in the Gulf of Mexico.
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