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BP Used Bad U.S. Data on Spills

Oil Spill

Predictions hadn't been updated since 2004.

Why wasn't BP prepared for an oil spill like the Gulf of Mexico disaster? It turns out that outdated U.S. government spill-impact projections are partly to blame: The big oil company's response plan was based upon government models that hadn't been updated since 2004.

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