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26 Meanwhile, President Obama announces B. Walsh, “Obama to Tighten Fuel Economy Etandards,” Time, May 19, 2010; http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1899534,00.html.
27 “All systems are go” C. Robertson, “Despite Leak, Louisiana Is Still Devoted to Oil,” New York Times, May 22, 2010; http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/us/23drill.html.
28 A house divided and related quotes I. Urbina, “Despite Moratorium, Drilling Projects Move Ahead,” New York Times, May 23, 2010; http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/24/us/24moratorium.html. See also P. Eckert, “Fishery Disaster Declared in Three Gulf States; U.S. Officials Vow to Impose Fines on Energy Giant,” Ottawa Citizen, May 25, 2010; Via Reuters; http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64N5TT20100524 . See also “BP and the Damage Done,” energyboom.com, May 29, 2010; http://www.energyboom.com/policy/bp-and-damage-done.
29 The president will say he regrets T. Raum and Jennifer Loven, “Fixing Oil Spill My Responsibility, Obama Says,” Associated Press, May 28, 2010; http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=10766709.
30 Shaw on Corexit 9527 E. Dugan, “Oil Spill Creates Huge Undersea ‘Dead Zones,’ ” Independent, May 30, 2010; http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/oil-spill-creates-huge-undersea-dead-zones-1987039.html.
31 BP’s close ties to Corexit’s manufacturer “Corexit,” SourceWatch, August 7, 2010; http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Corexit.
32 Dr. Shaw writes S. Shaw, “Swimming Through the Spill,” New York Times, May 28, 2010; http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/opinion/30shaw.html.
33 Corexit and illness “Corexit,” SourceWatch, August 7, 2010; http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Corexit.
34 Butoxyethanol in Corexit K. Zeitvogel, “Dispersants: Lesser Evil Against Oil Spill or Gulf Poison?” Agence France-Presse, June 7, 2010; http://www.physorg.com/news195106476.html.
35 Sarah Palin says Obama’s too slow G. Bluestein and Matt Brown, “Heat on White House to Do More About Gulf Spill,” Associated Press, May 25, 2010; http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/25/heat-white-house-gulf-spill/
36 The BP response plan “Did Anyone Actually Read BP’s Oil Spill Response Plan?,” Targeted News Service, May 25, 2010; http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/05/25-0
37 Fishermen saying they’re getting sick, EPA air monitoring, and related quotes N. Santa Cruz and Julie Cart, “Oil Cleanup Workers Cite Illness,” Los Angeles Times, May 26, 2010; http://www.sott.net/articles/show/209299-Gulf-oil-spill-Cleanup-workers-report-illness.
38 Doug Suttles’s “doing everything we can” and Thad Allen’s “no news is good” B. Nuckols and G. Bluestein, “Gulf Awaits Word on Latest Bid to Plug Oil Leak,” Associated Press, May 27, 2010; http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2010/05/27/business/
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39 “I wouldn’t say it’s failed yet,” and “They’re actually going to take” “Disaster of a New Dimension Looms in Gulf of Mexico Spill,” Agence France-Presse, May 9, 2010; http://www.grist.org/article/2010-05-09-disaster-of-a-new-dimension-looms-in-gulf-of-mexico-spill.
40 “This is the first time the industry” J. C. McKinley Jr. and Leslie Kaufman. “New Ways to Drill, Old Methods for Cleanup,” New York Times, May 10, 2010; http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/11/us/11prepare.html?_r=2.
41 $930M and 26,000 people, Hayward quotes J. Resnick-Ault, “BP Uses ‘Junk Shot,’ Calls Oil Spill a ‘Catastrophe,’ ” Bloomberg, May 28, 2010; http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-05-28/bp-uses-junk-shot-to-plug-well-that-s-spilled-more-oil-than-exxon-valdez.html.
42 Hayward’s “tiny” in a “very big ocean” T. Webb, “BP Boss Admits Job on the Line over Gulf Oil Spill,” Guardian, May 14, 2010; http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/may/13/bp-boss-admits-mistakes-gulf-oil-spill.
43 Discovery of plume by Weatherbird II M. Brown and J. Dearen, “New, Giant Sea Oil Plume Seen in Gulf,” Associated Press, May 27, 2010; http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37384717/ns/gulf_oil_spill/.
44 “This is when all the animals” E. Dugan, “Oil Spill Creates Huge Undersea