Disaster Strikes

*First Reported by CNN's The Situation Room"*

British Petroleum's ongoing nightmare has now become a global nightmare. Oil being leaked by the thousands of liters per day has reached the shores of the Southern Gulf Coast United States.

The development of coastal oil and gas has now endangered the delicate ecosystem of the southern coastal United States. Also at risk is the thousands of Americans who make a living off of the Gulf coast through tourism, fisheries, etc.

This is an accident that should never have happened and only further discredits those who stand by fossil fuels as a long-term fuel source. If offshore drilling is to continue, it must be the responsibility of the corporations to ensure that it is done safely. If they are unable to do so, it must then be passed on to government to legislate protection against such ecological disasters.

If we cannot adapt our energy sources then we must be able to accept the punishable consequences of destroying the natural world as well as robbing the business men who make their living off of areas like the Gulf coast.

Accountability at the highest level needs to be enforced.

-Todd Colin Vaughan
Journalist