Over a million gallons of oil has leaked into the Gulf of Mexico.
Impact on endangered species and local ecosystems is a major concern.
Source of the leak is still unidentified; cleanup efforts are underway.
Key quote:
"There are endangered and threatened species in Louisiana waters....Even if this doesn't make it ashore, it doesn't mean that this is an incident that we can just ignore.
This spill threatens critical marine habitats and endangered species, highlighting the environmental risks associated with offshore oil operations. Yet despite the threats to marine life and the fossil fuel industry's enormous contributions to climate change, global spending on new offshore oil projects is forecasted to grow rapidly in the next two years.
Husky Energy reported Friday, after the storm, that a flowline to the SeaRose FPSO, a vessel stationed about 350 kilometres off the Newfoundland coast, leaked 250,000 litres of crude.
