For Immediate Release: January 23, 2012
Contact: Kirsten Stade (202) 265-7337
HIGH-LEVEL LOWBALL IN GULF DEEPWATER CRISIS ? Scientific Integrity Complaint Details Official Underestimation of BP Spill Rate
Washington, DC ? Top Obama officials manipulated scientific analyses of independent experts to seriously lowball the amount of oil leaking from the BP Deepwater Horizon, according to a scientific integrity complaint filed today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).
Documents obtained by PEER through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit indicate White House pressure to present low-range estimates as best estimates. In fact, numbers presented to the public were less than half the true flow rate.
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Contact: Kirsten Stade (202) 265-7337
HIGH-LEVEL LOWBALL IN GULF DEEPWATER CRISIS ? Scientific Integrity Complaint Details Official Underestimation of BP Spill Rate
Washington, DC ? Top Obama officials manipulated scientific analyses of independent experts to seriously lowball the amount of oil leaking from the BP Deepwater Horizon, according to a scientific integrity complaint filed today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).
Documents obtained by PEER through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit indicate White House pressure to present low-range estimates as best estimates. In fact, numbers presented to the public were less than half the true flow rate.
more..
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