“There was oil industry boosterism that minimised potential hazards. There was a boosterism on the part of the previous [Bush] administration that got rid of protections that they viewed as obstacles to increased drilling. Now we see the results: boosterism led to complacency. And complacency led to disaster. And this is a disaster.”
~ Ed Markey, chairman of the energy and the environment subcommittee
Tough to argue with this assessment.
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