BP Stops The Leak?

by Patrick Appel

This is great news. In not so great news, Bradford Plumer looks at the damage done:

This doesn't mean the oil-spill disaster is over. There's a lot ofcrude bobbing along in the Gulf right now: Scientists estimate thatbetween 92 million and 182 million gallons have gushed out into theocean since the Deepwater Horizon platform first blew up back in April. BP is still using dispersantsto break up the oil and send it down to the sea floor, even though noone quite knows how the...