The Hill News

The oil spill in the Gulf is a tragedy in every sense of the word. The deaths of 11 workers on the Deepwater Horizon rig are heartbreaking and the environmental impact is distressing. A report released this week from British Petroleum notes that the tragedy in the Gulf arose from a complex and interlinked series of mechanical failures and errors in human judgment. This is the first in a series of examinations of the accident to be published in the months ahead.

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