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BP Pledges $500m to Study Spill

Posted May 24, 2010 1:27 PM

From BBC News | Science & Environment | UK Edition:

BP has pledged $500m (£346m) to study the impact on the Gulf of Mexico of the oil spill, as top US officials flew over the area to assess BP's response. A BP official said a bid to plug the leaking well with heavy mud and cement stood a 60-70% chance of success.

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05/24/2010 4:15 PM

I have no doubt: This spill is the mother-nightmare of all offshore oil-rigs since they began operating in the sixties.

It is as environmentally hazardous as any nuclear site, and it should be foreseen decades ago, but no one rose to the challenge.

Are we all just a collection of fools ?
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05/25/2010 12:24 AM

No, only humans.

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