The Discoverer Enterprise burns gas from the Deepwater Horizon oil leak on May 17, 2010, in a process known as flaring.
(U.S. Coast Guard/Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Kelley. )
Alexandra Gutierrez is a reporter based in the Aleutian Islands. She is also former associate web editor of The American Prospect. More by Alexandra Gutierrez
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