Oil Spill Panel: Failures that Led to Disaster are ‘Likely to Recur’

Photo: US Coast Guard The presidential oil spill panel is gearing up to release its final report on the BP disaster , and it isn’t pulling any punches. Chief among the findings is that one of the primary causes of the spill were “bad management” practices from all the companies involved, and a lack of good government oversight on drilling procedures. Few of the panel’s findings will surprise anyone who has even cursorily followed the spill, but they serve as a final confirmation (and condemnation) that companies soug… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Oil Spill Panel: Failures that Led to Disaster are ‘Likely to Recur’

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