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33 “I think I have said all along” D. Usborne, “US Oil Regulator ‘Gave in to BP’ over Rig Safety,” Independent, May 7, 2010; http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-oil-regulator-gave-in-to-bp-over-rig-safety-1965611.html.
34 Transocean’s president, Halliburton’s spokesman H. J. Hebert and Harry R. Weber, “Political Patience Wanes as Gulf Oil Spill Grows,” Associated Press, May 12, 2010; http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/12/national/
main6475125.shtml.
35 Blame among BP, Transocean, and Halliburton CNN Wire Staff, “Congressman to Launch Inquiry on How Much Oil Is Gushing into Gulf,” CNN.com, May 14, 2010; http://articles.cnn.com/2010-05-14/us/gulf.oil.spill_1_bp-oil-spill-dispersants?_s=PM:US.
36 “People from around the world” “Hair, Fur, Nylons Join Fight to Hold Back US Oil Spill,” Agence France-Presse, May 9, 2010; http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Hair_fur_nylons_join_fight_to_hold
_back_US_oil_spill_999.html.
37 Activities in and around Grand Isle H. R. Weber and John Curran, “Oil Spill Swells to 4M Gallons,” Associated Press, May 11, 2010; http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/11/national/main6471488.shtml.
38 “The technology hasn’t changed that much” J. C. McKinley and Leslie Kaufman, “As Oil Spreads, a Call for Industry’s ‘Plan B,’ ” New York Times, May 11, 2010; http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2010/05/11/as_oil
_spreads_a_call_for_industrys_plan_b.
39 “This is the largest, most comprehensive” H. R. Weber and John Curran, “Oil Spill Swells to 4M Gallons,” Associated Press, May 11, 2010; http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/11/national/
main6471488.shtml.
40 Workers diverting freshwater “More River Water Sent into Marshes to Fight Oil,” Associated Press, May 10, 2010; http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/05/more_fresh_river_water_sent_in.html.
41 The looming hurricane season J. C. Olivera, “Hurricane Could Worsen Huge US Oil Spill,” Agence France-Presse, May 12, 2010; http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jf8KgVCVcikao
ZArKPqnF1Rrbheg.
42 BP’s “Safety first” C. Krauss, “BP Tries Again to Divert Oil Leak with Dome,” New York Times, May 31, 2010; http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/us/01spill.html.
43 Purdue professor’s computer analysis “Congressman to Launch Inquiry on How Much Oil Is Gushing into Gulf,” CNN.com, May 14, 2010; http://articles.cnn.com/2010-05-14/us/gulf.oil.spill_1_bp-oil-spill-dispersants?_s=PM:US.
44 “If you don’t know the flow” S. Goldenberg, “Scientists Study Ocean Footage to Gauge Full Scale of Oil Leak: Independent Researchers Press BP to Telease Film,” Guardian, May 14, 2010; http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/may/13/bp-oil-spill-ocean-footage.
LATE MAY
1 “There’s a shocking amount” J. Gillis, “Giant Plumes of Oil Forming Under Gulf,” New York Times, May 15, 2010; http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/us/16oil.html.
2 She reports methane, and “the most bizarre-looking” M. Brown and Ramit Plushnick-Masti, “Gulf Oil Full of Methane, Adding New Concerns,” Associated Press, June 18, 2010; http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/06/18/national/
main6594500.shtml.
3 Deepwater corals J. Dearen and Matt Sedensky, “Deep Sea Oil Plumes, Dispersants Endanger Reefs,” Associated Press, May 17, 2010; http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=10665749.
4 Plumes and related discussion, “The answer is no to that,” and “It appears that the subsea dispersant is actually working” J. Gillis, “Giant Plumes of Oil Forming Under Gulf,” New York Times, May 15, 2010; http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/us/16oil.html.
5 Plume science compared to Ixtoc oil P. D. Boehm and Davld L. Flest, “Subsurface Distributions of Petroleum from an Offshore Well Blowout; The Ixtoc I Blowout, Bay of Campeche,” Environmental Science and Technology 16, no, 2 (1982): 67–74.
6 “The answer is no to that” Justin Gillis, “Giant Plumes of Oil Forming Under the Gulf,” New York Times, May 15, 2010; http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/us/16oil.html.
7 Penalties under the Clean Water Act “The Oil Well and the Damage Done,” The Economist, June 19, 2010; http://www.economist.com/node/16381032.