Also: Pakistan floods kill 1,100.
Oil is seen Saturday in the northern part of Barataria Bay, just past sunset in Plaquemines Parish, inside the Lousiana coast.From CNN:
New documents released by a congressional subcommittee indicate that Coast Guard officials allowed BP to use excessive amounts of chemical dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico.
BP used the chemicals to break up oil after the April 20 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion sent millions of gallons of crude gushing into the Gulf. ...
"BP carpet bombed the ocean with these chemicals, and the Coast Guard allowed them to do it," Rep. Edward J. Markey said in a statement Saturday. "After we discovered how toxic these chemicals really are, they had no business being spread across the Gulf in this manner."
» Report: BP used excessive dispersants in Gulf oil spill [CNN]
» Oil spill creates hard choices for the E.U. [The New York Times]
In other news:
» Death toll from Pakistan floods rises to 1,100 [The Associated Press]
» Saudi telecoms ordered to freeze Blackberry Messenger [Reuters]
» Chelsea Clinton weds at exclusive New York estate [The Associated Press]
» Three convicted murderers escape Arizona prison [The Arizona Republic]