NOAA’s warnings on oil spill threat
MAY 05, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/PT.4.0970
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials last fall warned the Department of Interior, which regulates offshore oil drilling, that it was dramatically underestimating the frequency of offshore oil spills and was dangerously understating the risk and impacts a major spill would have on coastal residents, reports the Huffington Post .
NOAA’s warnings came in its response to a draft of the Obama administration’s offshore oil drilling plans.
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