EditorialWorkers use an absorbent boom to clean oil out of the water in Newport Beach, Calif., Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, following a pipeline failure off the coast on Saturday that caused at least 126,000 gallons of oil to spill into the Pacific Ocean. (Allison Zaucha/The New York Times)
EditorialOil continues to pour into the Gulf of Mexico from the sunken BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States - 11 May 2010