BP must scale back dispersant use on spill - EPA
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HOUSTON May 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Monday ordered BP Plc. (BP.L) to "significantly scale back" its use of chemical dispersants to fight a giant oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency said.
"The federal government, led by the Coast Guard, is today instructing BP to take immediate steps to significantly scale back the overall use of dispersants," EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson told reporters on a conference call. (Reporting by Chris Baltimore)
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Comments (11)
ricardo_maxwell wrote:
The Obama regime does NOT want a cure for this accidental release of sweet light crude. This radical left wing anti-American regime also forbid BP from burning off the oil immediately after the explosion. Time to take back our govt.
capitan.dorko wrote:
Hey guys? Watch out behind you. I thought I saw a black helicopter.
MESSCO wrote:
If the EPA would look at its own web site, it would find a natural product used just for this type of problem. Its called PX-700 and just waiting to be used in this circumstance. I hope this gets to somebody who really cares.
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