Who’s to blame for the Gulf oil gusher?
Grist break it down
Lord knows there’s a lot of blame to go around for the ongoing disaster in the gulf. In the weeks since the Horizon rig first came unglued, all the principals in this mess have taken turns pointing fingers at one another. Now, it’s our turn. We applied Grist’s scientific, who’s-fault-is-it-really, assessment method. The results are now in. And the proud winners are [read more . . .]
By Grist | from www.grist.org | posted: 03 June 2010
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