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Estimates of Rate of Oil Spill Keep Climbing
Estimates of the amount of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico continue to rise, and BP may defer or reduce its second-quarter dividend in response to the public uproar encouraged, in part, by President Obama . Jeffrey Ball, environment editor for the Wall Street Journal , has been covering the spill since the beginning.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readEstimates of the amount of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico continue to rise, and BP may defer or reduce its second-quarter dividend in response to the public uproar encouraged, in part, by President Obama. Jeffrey Ball, environment editor for the Wall Street Journal, has been covering the spill since the beginning.
