Eric Nusbaum tours the largest environmental cleanup operation the United States government has ever undertaken.
Eric Nusbaum lives in Mexico City. His writing has appeared in Slate, Deadspin, Outside, and The Best American Sports Writing. He is a staffer at The Classical. You can reach him @ericnus.
The promise of a grisly or dramatic ending is what gives the police pursuit its power, writes Eric Nusbaum.