On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig exploded, resulting in the death of 11 workers and the release of 4 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico—the largest oil spill in the history of marine oil drilling. Now almost a decade later, communities in the five Gulf Coast states—Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida—are still working to restore the devastated Gulf Coast. Since 2010, ELI has been supporting Gulf communities as they navigate the restoration process. In this episode, Taylor Lilley, Public Interest Law Fellow, and Christina Libre, a Research Associate, speak with residents of coastal Mississippi to hear about the challenges and successes they have encountered engaging with the recovery process in the nine years since the spill, as well as their hopes for the future. 

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