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Re: pianotuner post# 10926

Tuesday, 08/03/2010 8:33:57 PM

Tuesday, August 03, 2010 8:33:57 PM

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Back in June, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill became America's worst ever, exceeding the volume of crude released in the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster. But new federal numbers released Monday show that nearly 5 million barrels of oil have gushed out of BP's damaged well since an April 20 explosion killed 11 rig workers. That means the Deepwater Horizon spill is much larger than what was previously believed to be the world's largest accidental spill, the 1979 Ixtoc I leak in Mexico's Bay of Campeche, which spilled 3.3 million barrels.

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