Editing 2010s (section)

====Pollution====
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! style="width:120px;"| Date
! Country
! Description
! References
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| [[Deepwater Horizon oil spill]]
| 20 April 2010
| {{flag|United States}}
| An explosion on [[BP]]'s ''[[Deepwater Horizon]]'' offshore [[drilling rig]], operating in the [[Gulf of Mexico]] off the coast of [[Louisiana]], left eleven crewmen dead and resulted in a fire that sank the rig and caused a massive oil spill, becoming the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126468782 |title=BP Will Pay For Gulf Oil Spill Disaster, CEO Says |publisher=NPR |date=3 May 2010 |access-date=3 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504210425/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126468782 |archive-date=4 May 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="reuters.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65F02C20100616 |title=Full text of President Obama's BP Oil Spill speech |work=Reuters |date=15 June 2010 |access-date=16 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616235927/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65F02C20100616 |archive-date=16 June 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster]]
| 11 March 2011
| {{flag|Japan}}
| A magnitude 9.0 [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|earthquake off the coast of Sendai]] caused a tsunami that severely damaged the [[Fukushima Daiichi]] and [[Fukushima Daini]] nuclear power plants. The damage resulted in the worst nuclear disaster since the Chernobyl disaster, contaminating the entire area.
|<ref name="USGS9.0">{{cite news |url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2011/usc0001xgp/ |title=Magnitude 9.0 – Near The East Coast of Honshu, Japan |publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) |access-date=13 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407005101/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2011/usc0001xgp/ |archive-date=7 April 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/12/world/asia/japan-tepco-report/index.html |title=Japanese nuclear plant operator admits playing down risk |publisher=CNN |access-date=21 June 2016}}</ref>
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| [[Flint water crisis]]
| 25 April 2014
| {{flag|United States}}
| The U.S. city of [[Flint, Michigan]]'s water source was changed from the treated [[Detroit Water and Sewerage Department]] to the [[Flint River (Michigan)|Flint River]], where officials had failed to apply [[corrosion inhibitor]]s. This decision led to the water being contaminated by [[lead poisoning|lead]] and eventual nationwide outrage about an alleged coverup.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2014/04/hold_switch_to_flint_river_wat.html |title=City switch to Flint River water slated to happen Friday |website=MLive.com |access-date=21 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/05/accused_water_plant_operator_t.html |title=Accused water plant operator takes plea deal in Flint water crisis |website=MLive.com |access-date=21 June 2016}}</ref>
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