Offshore oil drilling in the Bahamas is a big mistake
It almost sounds like a bad joke: "Offshore oil drilling in The Bahamas."
It sounds so absurd because it is. The government of a country whose name is practically synonymous for paradise is giving the green light to an oil company to drill in its blue, pristine waters.
The British-owned Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) began drilling an exploratory well this week, the Sun Sentinel reported. The fact that it is just an exploratory well should not bring any comfort. BP's Deepwater Horizon's drilling of an exploratory well in 2010 resulted in more than 200 million gallons of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico.… Seguir leyendo »