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The Gulf Coast Commemorates One-Year Anniversary Of BP Oil Spill

ORANGE BEACH, AL – APRIL 20: Orange Beach on the Gulf Coast was impacted by oil in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion which killed eleven crew members. 206 million gallons of oil eventually spilled into the Gulf of Mexico until the BP well was finally sealed. April 20 marks the one-year anniversary of the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. ()

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