‘Substantial amounts of oil’ may still be leaking at Deepwater Horizon site

December 14, 2012

Speaking to CBS News for a segment aired Thursday, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) claimed that “substantial amounts of oil” may still be leaking from the wreckage of the Deepwater Horizon, resting at the epicenter of the worst accidental oil spill in human history.
 
“My concern is that substantial amounts of oil could still be leaking from the wreckage,” Markey said, commenting on reports of fresh oil slicks appearing in the Gulf of Mexico in recent months.

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