Chu voiced early BP spill doubts, fears climate ‘backtracking’

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http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/129051-chu-voiced-early-doubts-about-bp-spill-rate-fears-backtracking-on-climate

The Washington Post’s Steve Mufson hit the road with Energy Secretary Steven Chu and came back with a nice Sunday piece on the Nobel prize-winning physicist.

(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/13/AR2010111300229.html)

A few tidbits:

* Chu had early doubts about initial estimates of how much oil was flowing from BP’s blown-out well. He thought they were too low, and he was proven right.

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“His biggest disappointment, he says, is that ‘two or three years ago I thought America and the world was really going to break forward and recognize that climate change is important, and now they are backtracking on that. The world economic recession has something to do with that, but the people who are against (climate action) have also tried to muddy the waters.’”

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1. Don't worry! They'll certainly agree to a new treaty next month in Cancun!

After all, the rousing success of the Copenhagen talks led to such . . .

Oh, sorry.

Never mind!