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"Amount of Spill Could Escalate, Company Admits" [1]

"In a closed-door briefing for members of Congress, a senior BP executive conceded Tuesday that the ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico could conceivably spill as much as 60,000 barrels a day of oil, more than 10 times the estimate of the current flow."

Source: NYTimes [2], 05/05/2010

US Exempted BP's Gulf Drilling From Environmental Impact Study [3]

"The Interior Department exempted BP's calamitous Gulf of Mexico drilling operation from a detailed environmental impact analysis last year, according to government documents, after three reviews of the area concluded that a massive oil spill was unlikely."

Source: Wash Post [4], 05/05/2010

"EPA Postpones Decision That Would Toughen Coal Ash Rules" [5]

"The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed the nation's first federal rules for the disposal of contaminant-laden ash from coal-fired power plants, but delayed a decision for at least three months on whether coal ash should be regulated as a hazardous substance."

Source: McClatchy [6], 05/05/2010

"Stimulus Workers Confront Legacy of Contamination at Nuclear Sites" [7]

The $2 billion in federal stimulus money was welcomed in southeastern Washington, where the government has been working for decades to clean up the Hanford nuclear complex. But newly hired workers on the project may be facing dangers because of inadequate training and precautions for the threat of deadly beryllium dust.

Source: ProPublica [8], 05/04/2010

"Burning Oil Sends Heavy Vapor Toward Gulf Residents" [9]

"The EPA is warning that Gulf Coast residents are at risk of headaches, nausea, and other ill health effects; the culprit is air pollution from the oil burns that response teams are conducting to try to keep the big slick away from coastlines."

Source: Grist [10], 05/04/2010

Opinion: "Oil Exploitation" [13]

GOP pundits and politicos -- as well as some Democrats -- are spewing
a mess of sayings that some call "irresponsible" in response to the Gulf oil
spill. Hate-talker Rush Limbaugh accused 'environmentalist wackos' of having
blown up the rig, and former White House spokesperson Dana Perino echoed him.
Neither presented any evidence for the insinuations.

Source: Huffington Post [14], 05/04/2010

Spill Could Hit Keys Soon, Be Carried on Gulf Stream [15]

"Scientists say the Gulf oil spill could get into the what's called the Loop Current within a day, eventually carrying oil south along the Florida coast and into the Florida Keys." After that, it could continue into the Gulf Stream.

Source: TreeHugger [16], 05/04/2010

Crews Work To Fix Boston Water Outage [17]

"Engineers and welders successfully rejoined two huge water pipes inside a muddy crater early this morning, and state officials said they hope to restore clean water within days to 2 million residents of Greater Boston."

Source: Boston Globe [18], 05/04/2010

"More Victims Feared as Tenn. Floodwaters Recede" [19]

"The Cumberland River having reached its crest was little comfort amid fears that receding floodwaters could reveal more victims of deadly storms that swamped much of middle Tennessee."

Source: AP [20], 05/04/2010

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