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U.S. Doesn't Control BP's Gulf Gusher Cleanup: Here's Why. (Video)The oil industry has been destroying the Gulf coast for decades. This is just the closing act.by Heidi Stevenson22 June 2010 Surely you must wonder why the US seems so hamstrung in dealing with BP's Gulf Gusher, a slow-motion wreck of the entire Gulf of Mexico coast. The U.S. government is helpless to even keep tabs on what's happening. The reason is in a political system that has handed over control to an economic system. Sadly, we must rely on news media outside the country to bring us the truth. The mighty US government is reduced to scolding and pressuring BP instead of running the show itself. How did it come to this? Why is the US government stuck in this oddly impotent role? This video explores that question [23:21]:
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