DAILY DOZEN: SPILL UPDATE VOLUME 27

Apparently the much heralded bacteria only ate up the gas not the oil. Read more about that and more in this periodic update on the aftermath of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

1. Propane respiration jump-starts microbial response to a deep oil spill. [Science]
2. Why the Gulf Oil Spill isn't going away . [National Geographic]
3. Whistleblower Group Sues To Find Out Why Administration Lowballed BP Oil Spill Estimates. [The Huffington Post]
4. Drilling moratorium hasn't cost any jobs in The Gulf, Feds say. [The Associated Press]

5. Millions of migrating birds heading to oil. [Discovery News]
6. BP oil spill moves into the courtroom, and others around the country take notice. [The Times-Picayune]
7. Obama Administration to require abandoned oil and gas wells plugged, idle platforms dismantled in Gulf of Mexico. [The Huffington Post from AP]
8. Gulf oil spill claims chief faces angry crowd on Alabama coast. [The Times-Picayune from AP]

9. Thad Allen: Gulf Oil Spill well to be permanently sealed, declared dead by Sunday. [The Huffington Post from AP]
10. Atlantic bluefin tuna may become endangered, thanks to Gulf oil spill. [The Times-Picayune]
11. Companies accuse government of bungling Gulf oil spill evidence. [The Times-Picayune from AP]
12. BP sued by Mexican states over Gulf Oil-Spill damage. [Bloomberg Businessweek]