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BP denies coverup, spilled oil keeps coming

on 21.05.2010 from Scientific American.com

By Matthew Bigg VENICE, Louisiana (Reuters) - BP Plc on Friday fended off accusations that it had not fully disclosed the size of a month-old seabed leak billowing brown crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico in a spreading environmental disaster. [More] Gulf of Mexico - Louisiana - BP - Petroleum - Energy [ read article ]

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