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Gulf Oil Spill At Least 10X Greater Than Though | 70,000 Barrels / Day - 0 views

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    NPR's Richard Harris has learned that much more oil, 70,000 barrels a day or more than ten times the official estimate, is gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon pipe, based on scientific analysis of the video released Wednesday.
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Gulf Spill Could be Much More Severe; It's Underestimated, Scientists Say | NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Scientists also criticize BP for refusing to use well-known scientific techniques that would give a more precise figure. BP claims that the the huge black plume of oil gushing at great speed and force (in video released after much WH / media pressure) CANNOT be measured. Bullpucky! The leak is easily 4-5X larger than 5,000 barrels/day originally estimated.
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Court Backs Oil Project (Exploratory Drilling in Alaska) NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected an effort by environmental and Native American groups to stop exploratory oil drilling off the coast of Alaska that could begin this summer.
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Transocean Seeks To Limit Liability to $27 Million for Oil Disaster - 0 views

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Interior Department Continues to Issue "Categorical Exclusions" for Oil Drilling, Admin... - 0 views

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    Interior Department continues to issue "categorical exclusions" for oil drilling, administration official acknowledges: 
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MMS Allowed Drilling Without Permits, Pressured Scientists to Suppress Safety / Environ... - 0 views

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    The federal Minerals Management Service gave permission to BP and dozens of other oil companies to drill in the Gulf of Mexico without first getting required permits from another agency that assesses threats to endangered species - and despite strong warnings from that agency about the impact the drilling was likely to have on the gulf.
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BP Live Feed of Gushing Oil at Sea Floor - 0 views

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    Live video link from the ROV monitoring the damaged riser
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