Two Years Later: Visualizing the BP oil disaster

By Colorlines / April 20, 2012

Facing South/Institute for Southern Studies this week released a report titled "Troubled Waters" on the aftermath of the BP oil disaster, a human and environmental tragedy that began to unfold two years ago today on April 20, 2010.

Some of the numbers from that report have been turned into this infographic by Hatty Lee at Colorlines.com, an award-winning online magazine dedicated to racial justice:

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