Beneath The Waves, Ctd

Contra Susan Shaw et al, Michael Grunwald says the BP spill isn't as bad as it has been made out to be:

The scientists I spoke with cite four basic reasons the initialeco-fears seem overblown. First, the Deepwater Horizon oil, unlike theblack glop from the Valdez, is comparatively light anddegradable, which is why the slick in the Gulf is dissolvingsurprisingly rapidly now that the gusher has been capped. Second, theGulf of Mexico, unlike Prince William Sound, is balmy at more than...