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Oil Disaster 5X Worse Than Estimated, 'Churning Slick' Now the Size of Puerto Rico

AlterNetMay 3, 2010.

The catastrophe continues, as Federal authorities have banned commercial and recreational fishing in a large stretch of water off four states.

Want to Prevent Oil Spill Disasters? Stop Driving

Jason Henderson, AlterNet. May 1, 2010.

A submerged oil well is spewing a river of oil toward Louisiana and the Gulf Coast. Birds and fish will die, wetlands and beaches will be ruined -- all because we drive cars.

Oil from Leaking Well Washes Ashore in Louisiana, Threatening Huge Environmental Disaster

Agence France PresseApril 30, 2010.

Oil's landing marks the beginning of what environmentalists fear could be one of the worst US ecological disasters in years.

Gulf Coast Oil Spill: 'Exxon Valdez Is Going to Pale in Comparison to This'

BBCApril 29, 2010.

210,000 gallons a day are gushing into the sea 50 miles off the Louisiana coast.