Editorial: Exploitation vs preservation

The Advocate, Barbados: On April 20, 2010 an oil rig exploded and subsequently collapsed in the Gulf of Mexico causing the rupture of a pipeline. There are various estimates as to how much oil is actually spewing into the Gulf at the moment. Some estimates put it at around 5 000 barrels per day and failure to implement remedial measures means that the oil spill has now reached approximately 600 square miles and is still growing.