Earlier this month, we told you how the National Marine Fisheries Service, charged with protecting endangered marine life in the Gulf, drastically underestimated the size and effects of an oil spill in the Gulf. Its opinion allowed the government to sell leases to oil reserves in the Gulf — including the now-leaking Macondo well — to various oil companies.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=123480