“Obama takes tougher line on oil spill: Obama administration directed more fire against BP, ordering it to provide daily updates on its efforts to contain the spill.”
BP has announced that approximately 20% of the oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico is finally being contained and brought to the surface, but scientists worry that dangers to the deepwater wildlife will be much worse than anticipated.
Officials from the U.S. Coast Guard and the Minerals Management Service raised questions about the events leading up to the rig explosion, the likely causes of the explosion, and the failed blowout preventer, at a hearing on Wednesday. The answers to those questions told a dark story.
