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US oil spill: need to revise drilling policy?

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The timing of one of the worst environmental disasters in US History could not have been worse for President Barack Obama, one month after his government unveiled a new energy bill. Meanwhile, the price of dealing with the slick could rival that of the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska, which topped 6.5 billion euros in clean-up and legal costs.

Presented by Robert Parsons.

Produced by Claire Brown and Antonio Oliveira e Silva.


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