The Gusher Ends, Cleanup and Recovery Begin

SOURCE: AP/Dave Martin

Vessels operate in the area of the Deepwater Horizon disaster on the Gulf of Mexico. BP reported on Thursday, July 15 that it finally stopped oil from leaking out of the blown-out well.

By Daniel J. Weiss | July 15, 2010

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The weeks of oil flooding from the ocean floor has mercifully ended. Now we have months of cleanup and years of economic recovery ahead. Most important, the Senate now must provide additional safeguards for offshore oil production, slash oil consumption, and reduce global warming pollution. These provisions would minimize the likelihood that this kind of catastrophe happens again.

For more on how the Senate can move forward on energy reform, see:

• Senate Oil Savings' Greatest Hits
• The “Energy-Only Bill” Mirage
• Will We Bet on a Clean Energy Economy?

For analysis of the BP disaster, see:

• Fix the Real Problem: End America’s Energy Vulnerability
• Turn Off the Oil Subsidy Spigot
• Video: Responding to the BP Disaster
• Obama’s Oil Reform Opportunity
• Opening the Information Gusher on the Gulf Oil Tragedy
• Think Again: Perception, Reality, and Responsibility in the Gulf Oil Spill
• Cheney’s Culture of Deregulation and Corruption
• Department of Coastal Defense
• The Prelude to Cheney’s Katrina
• Life After the BP Gulf Gusher
• BP Disaster Is Cheney’s Katrina
• Powering an Oil Reform Agenda
• America Needs an Oil Reform Agenda
• Calling the Shots in the Gulf
• Making Money on Oil Disasters
• Learning from Tragedy
• Oil You May Never See
• Fresh Eyes on the BP Disaster
• The High Costs of Offshore Drilling
• Oil Spills by the Numbers
• Held Up Without a Gun

For information on the disaster's public health effects, see:

• Report: Preparing for the Next Public Health Crisis
• Video: The BP Oil Disaster and Public Health
• Taking Control of Public Health
• The Oil Disaster Is a Health Disaster, Too