Deepwater Horizon

The Rabbit Hole: Conspiracy Theories

Danielle Mercy

Society & Culture, History

4.1 • 689 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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This week, Dani covers the largest oil spill in our countries history, Deepwater Horizon. Whether the environmentalist were trying to stop drilling, or companies were trying to make extra money off the deal, something isn't adding up. https://www.britannica.com/event/Deepwater-Horizon-oil-spill/Cleanup-efforts https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2010/gulf-oil-spreads-so-do-slippery-conspiracy-theories https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/business/energy-environment/14green.html https://www.vox.com/2014/5/30/5764506/will-obamas-climate-rules-revive-cap-and-trade https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/limbaugh-environmentalists-square-off-blame-oil-leak/story?id=10542582 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/conspiracy-theories-behind-bp-oil-spill-in-gulf-from-dick-cheney-to-ufos/ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/02/halliburton-11bn-settlement-deepwater-horizon-spill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.6	In 2010, BP oil rigged Deepwater Horizon exploded.
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1:10.0	Follow me down the rabbit hole to find rabbit hole. I'm your host, Danny, and today we are
1:36.5	talking about the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion. I didn't know there were conspiracy theories
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