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  • AP: Offshore wells buried during Hurricane Ivan have been leaking oil into the Gulf since 2004

    04/17/2015 5:19:20 AM PDT · by thackney · 11 replies
    Fuel Fix ^ | April 16, 2015 | Associated Press
    Full title: AP: Offshore wells buried during Hurricane Ivan have been leaking oil into the Gulf since 2004 Down to just one full-time employee, Taylor Energy Company exists for only one reason: to fight an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico that has gone largely unnoticed, despite creating miles-long slicks for more than a decade. The New Orleans-based company has downplayed the leak’s environmental impact, likening it to scores of minor spills and natural seeps that the Gulf routinely absorbs. But an Associated Press investigation has revealed evidence that the spill is far worse than what Taylor — or...