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Olympia Snowe: “Dr. Lubchenco had stated that that MMS had underestimated the environmental impacts, had cherry-picked the data to…”

On the recordMay 17, 2010
Dr. Lubchenco had stated that that MMS had underestimated the environmental impacts, had cherry-picked the data to understate the risks as well, and blatantly ignored 12 million gallons of oil that was spilled during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in its risk assessment, all of which went unheeded.
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Olympia Snowe
Republican · Maine

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Senator Snowe highlights Dr. Lubchenco's warnings about environmental risks being ignored.

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