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9 “The truth is in the middle” D. Fahrenthold and Leslie Tamura, “Majority of Spilled Oil in Gulf of Mexico Unaccounted for in Government Data,” Washington Post, July 29, 2010; http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/28/AR2010072806135.html.
10 “Roughly one-third of the oil” A. Miles, “Scientists Wary of U.S. Report That Says Only 26 Percent of Spilled Gulf Oil Left,” Times-Picayune, August 17, 2010; http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/08/scientists_wary_of_us_report_t.html.
11 Only about 26 percent of the oil is still in the water or onshore, and Carol Browner quote J. Gillis, “U.S. Finds Most Oil from Spill Poses Little Additional Risk,” New York Times, August 4, 2010; http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/04/science/earth/04oil.html.
12 “Only about one-quarter of the oil,” and Lubchenco’s “Dilute and out of sight” S. Connor, “How Did Five Million Barrels of Oil Simply Disappear?” Independent, August 6, 2010; http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/how-did-five-million-barrels-of-oil-simply-disappear-2044817.html.
13 Bill Lehr statement S. Goldenberg, “US Scientist Retracts Assurances over State of BP Spill,” Guardian, August 20, 2010; http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/aug/19/bp-oil-spill-scientist-retracts-assurances.
14 Quotes from McDonald, Condrey, and Ault B. Marshall, “Don’t Kid Yourself, Oil Isn’t Gone,” Times-Picayune, August 8, 2010; http://www.nola.com/sports/t-p/index.ssf?/base/sports-47/1281336612181230.xml&coll=1.
15 “We’re going to have to think about what to do” “BP Says It Might Drill Again in Gulf Reservoir,” Associated Press, August 6, 2010; http://www.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/08/bp-oil-spill-gulf-1/1.
16 “People died out there,” and BP hedging about relief wells H. R. Weber, “To Seal or Sell? BP Has Options on Remaining Oil,” Associated Press, August 6, 2010; http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=11328201.
17 “I am the national incident commander” H. R. Weber and Greg Bluestein. “BP Begins Effort to Permanently Seal Gulf Gusher,” Associated Press, August 4, 2010; http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/
2010/08/04/bp_begins_effort_to_permanently_seal_gulf_gusher/.
18 BP hedging about relief wells and Allen’s response J. Dearen and Greg Bluestein, “Crude Still Coats Marshes and Wetlands Along Gulf,” Associated Press, August 6, 2010; http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/aug/06/crude-still-coats-marshes-and-wetlands-along-gulf/. See also “BP Says It Might Drill Again in Gulf Reservoir,” Associated Press, August 6, 2010; http://www.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/08/bp-oil-spill-gulf-1/1.
19 Transocean asks for a liability limit of $27 million “Partner Says BP Hiding Oil Spill Documents,” Agence France-Presse, August 19, 2010; http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
ALeqM5hE2vTYfDJqNnNj8r3reXXT6fZ7wg.
20 Gulf is well populated with bacteria T. C. Hazen et al. “Deep-Sea Oil Plume Enriches Indigenous Oil-Degrading Bacteria,” Science 330, no. 6001, August 24, 2010: 204–8.
21 Ronald Atlas and Roger Sassen quoted W. J. Broad, “Oil Spill Cleanup Workers Include Many Very, Very Small Ones,” New York Times, August 4, 2010; http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/05/science/earth/05microbe.html.
22 Floating oil mats largely gone, and Lubchenco quotes J. Gillis and Campbell Robertson, “On the Surface, Oil Spill in Gulf Is Vanishing Fast,” New York Times, July 27, 2010; http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/28/us/28spill.html.
23 Fraud alert D. Usborne, “BP Believes 10% of Oil Spill Claims Are Fraudulent,” Independent, August 12, 2010; http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bp-believes-10-per-cent-of-oil-spill-claims-are-fraudulent-2050309.html.
24 Bob Shipp and Mark Davis quoted T. Smith, “By Hiring Gulf Scientists, BP May Be Buying Silence,” National Public Radio, July 31, 2010; http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128892441&sc=17&f=1001.
LATE AUGUST
1 BP wondering if bottom kill is necessary T. Breen and Harry R. Weber, “Gulf Leaders Wary over Wavering on Final Plug,” Associated Press,