Report: White House Pressured Scientists To Underestimate BP Spill Size

Mother Jones:

Back at the height of the massive Gulf oil spill in 2010, there was quite a bit of controversy about just how much crude was blasting out of the well. According to new documents that a watchdog group released on Monday, there was heated debate among the scientists who evaluated the flow rate as well.

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Comments

[Genders]

09:17 PM on 01/24/2012

I will vote for Obama and the Dems in the general, after I vote for the liberals and progressives in the primaries,

But.....

Obama has surrounded himself with DLC Reaganomics loving corporatism sellouts since he came to Washington.

Not as bad as the GOP/Tea folks who love slavery, but not good.

So....

Don't be confused by the Clinton DLC moderate republicans, they also are for Reaganomics, trickle down and the Tories. Also called New democrats, pragmatic Progressive, Blue dogs, New American Foundation, Progressive Policy Council, Third Way..

The Warren Kucinich, Grayson CPC progressive are the real Founder type progressive liberals. Vote for them in the primaries

then vote for the dems in the general, Obama included, because the GOP are anti republic war loving theocratic plutocrats, working to destroy democracy so the rich and their multinationals can rule unfettered.

[therainisgone]

01:02 PM on 01/24/2012

50,000 barrels x100 days x 100 dollars -------500,000,000 dollars worth of oil lost --

because they were behind schedule and losing money

[campcranston]

12:56 PM on 01/24/2012

Oh shocker.

[jf12]

12:22 PM on 01/24/2012

Good reporting, but no new information.