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title: "Bill McKibben on The Oil Slick you Can't See"
date: 2010-05-03T20:36:56Z
modified: 2010-05-03T20:36:56Z
permalink: "https://350.org/bill-mckibben-oil-slick-you-cant-see/"
type: post
status: publish
excerpt: We're doing our best to keep up to date with developments surrounding the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster.
wpid: 17691
author: May Boeve
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We're doing our best to keep up to date with developments surrounding the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster. Word from our friend Aaron Viles at [Gulf Coast Restoration Network](https://www.healthygulf.org/blog/) is the containment plans aren't working–the equipment is not suited to the wave heights in the Gulf. He reminded us that [President Obama's speech](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/02/obama-gulf-oil-spill-speech_n_560319.html) made clear that the Administration is owning this disaster, in a certain sense. Now is the time when the United States can seriously make a turn away from dirty and dangerous energy. Will Obama seize the moment? To see what Bill McKibben thinkgs, read his [latest piece on the subject, called "The oil slick you can't see," recently published in AOL Online.](https://www.aolnews.com/opinion/article/opinion-the-oil-slick-you-cant-see/19460901)