Officials from the U.S. Coast Guard and the Minerals Management Service raised questions about the events leading up to the rig explosion, the likely causes of the explosion, and the failed blowout preventer, at a hearing on Wednesday. The answers to those questions told a dark story.
As a new, smaller containment dome is set to gather the oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico by the end of the week, new discoveries regarding the cause of this devastating spill are being announced each day.
As of Monday, it is unknown whether the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will be contained within days or continue to spread to coastal states in coming months.
