The 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was a story that oozed when it should have broken, as government officials misled reporters and the public, downplaying estimates of the amount of oil involved, Ben Raines writes in a look back at the calamity: "It is clear from the memo and video, and many other documents that have come to light since, that the government recognized almost immediately that the well was most likely disgorging about 4 million gallons of oil per day."
May 20, 2015
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