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Economist: Just how much oil has spilled from Deepwater Horizon?

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Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this graphic from The Economist compares the largest oil spills – excluding military attacks (in millions of barrels), dating back to 1972. The graphic is accompanied by a background image of oil soaked pelicans.

  • See also New York Times – Onshore Spill Response Is Chaotic and Mismanaged: “From the beginning, the effort has been bedeviled by a lack of preparation, organization, urgency and clear lines of authority among federal, state and local officials, as well as BP. As a result, officials and experts say, the damage to the coastline and wildlife has been worse than it might have been if the response had been faster and orchestrated more effectively.”
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