The primary cause of BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was ____.
A. faulty equipment and poor decision-making
B. a tsunami
C. an earthquake
D. the oil rig crashing into an underwater reef
E. leakage from old, rusty pipes
Answer: A
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