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Graph of the Day for August 9, 2010
"The obnoxious anti-environmentalist Rush Limbaugh has been a rare voice arguing that the spill - he calls it ‘the leak' - is anything less than an ecological calamity, scoffing at the avalanche of end-is-nigh eco-hype. Well, Limbaugh has a point. The Deepwater Horizon explosion was an awful tragedy for the 11 workers who died on the rig, and it's no leak... But so far - while it's important to acknowledge that the long-term potential danger is simply unknowable for an underwater event that took place just three months ago - it does not seem to be inflicting severe environmental damage." Time.
Hoven's Index for August 9, 2010
Barrels of oil spilled by Exxon Valdez: 257,000
Barrels of oil spilled by Deepwater Horizon: 4,900,000
Sources: National Park Service and Deepwater Horizon Unified Command.
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