Ted Turner commented on CNN about the spill along with the West Virginia Upper Big Branch Mine disaster on 5 April , stating that God might be using those incidents to send a message about offshore drilling and coal mining . " I think maybe we ought to just leave the coal in the ground and go with solar and wind power and geothermals , " he said
Upper Big Branch Mine disaster
Upper Big Branch Mine disaster
Reactions to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill