DAILY DOZEN: ONGOING GULF DISASTER

The oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico continues to dominate the headlines. The following links provide background from a variety perspectives.

Minerals Management Service split: Salazar urges dividing Interior Department agency. (Huffington Post)
The Big Spill: Doom for the Dome — and the Shrimp? (Time Magazine)
One case against BP, Wall Street, and war . (The Nation)
Focus turns to well-blocking system. (New York Times)


Oil spill swells to 4 million gallons. (CBS News)
If you think you have a sense of the oil spill's scale. (The Atlantic)
Senate hearings prompting spill blame game. (The Washington Post)
A strike against oil spill lawsuits. (Mother Jones)


Gulf spill Halliburton: Company worked on rig 20 hours before explosion . (Huffington Post)
New ways to drill, old methods for clean-up. (New York Times)
There will be blood. (The Nation)
Oil spill threatens Gulf wildlife (Photos). (Time Magazine)