U.S. finds most oil from Gulf spill poses little risk

The U.S. government is expected to announce that three-quarters of the oil from the BP Plc spill in the Gulf of Mexico has already evaporated, dispersed, or been captured or eliminated, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. A government report, due to be unveiled on Wednesday morning was also expected to say that what is left of the oil is so diluted that it does not seem to pose much additional risk, the newspaper said. The report found that about 26 percent of the oil released in the world's worst accidental marine oil spill was still in the water or onshore in a form that possibly could cause new problems. But most is light sheen at the surface or dispersed below the surface and federal scientists believe that it is breaking down rapidly, The New York Times reported. The report, by federal scientists with outside help, is the result of an effort to determine the total volume of oil released and to figure out where it went, the newspaper said. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was the lead agency on the report, the newspaper said...more

President Obama, in his address to the nation on June 15 of this year said, "this oil spill is the worst environmental disaster America has ever faced." Not that he would hype the situation to raise taxes and shut down offshore oil production.

In that same address he authorized the deployment of "17,000 National Guard members along the coast" to protect us from oil. Three weeks earlier he had authorized only 1,200 National Guardsmen to protect us from the Mexican drug cartels, illegal human trafficking and associated violence.

Apparently the environment of Alabama is more important than the people of Arizona.