Tuesday, June 1, 2010 8:21 AM
Need-To-Know Memo, June 1
By Christopher Snow Hopkins, NationalJournal.com
1) BP has given up the "top kill" method to contain the gulf oil spill and is readying a containment dome to siphon oil to vessels on the surface. A similar attempt was made three weeks ago (New York Times).
2) The White House is ratcheting up its involvement in the cleanup effort. President Obama has dispatched Attorney General Eric Holder to survey the Gulf Coast, and Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen will give daily televised briefings -- without the participation of BP (Wall Street Journal -- subscription).
3) "A federally convened group of scientists is set to recommend that BP PLC and the government continue spraying chemicals into the Gulf of Mexico to help prevent leaking oil from washing ashore, even though the scientists have serious concerns about the potential long-term damage to sea life" (Wall Street Journal).
4) With the hurricane season now officially underway, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned that high winds could push oil from the spill toward the Mississippi and Alabama coastlines (Bloomberg News).
5) White House energy liaison Carol Browner said over the weekend that the ruptured well may continue to spew oil into the gulf until relief wells are completed in August (NPR).
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