On BP oil spill anniversary, Gov. Landry snatches defeat from the jaws of recovery

On BP oil spill anniversary, Gov. Landry snatches defeat from the jaws of recovery

Fireboats pour water on the flames of the Deepwater Horizon drilling structure on April 21, 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven crew members on the rig died in the offshore drilling disaster that coated the Gulf Coast with oil from the resulting underwater leak. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and, five years later, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill made it clear to everyone that unless something monumental was done about the c…