While I hope this company is done for, that doesn’t let regulators off the hook for looking away for decades and only springing into action after the disaster they were supposed to prevent happens.

Decades = no inspection.

Either somebody was bought-off, or everybody was so complacent that zombies peacefully walked away grunting “no-o bra-ai-ins.” Probably both.

We have apparently learned nothing from the Deepwater Horizon spill. Nor any of the subsequent industrial disasters. We keep waiting until its too late before we take so much as a glance.