By Mitchell J. Rabin, Host of A Better World

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Yes, the Earth is wailing as BP is fudging in plugging. What kind of government is this that doesn't require "worst case scenarios" among oil drillers, on and offshore, to be exhaustively explored, so that there are "solutions for catastrophic failure"?  But apparently, not only does the government not require such, but BP's own Board or shareholders don't require this either. Wouldn't you think that, just to protect their investment--forget about the environment--they'd want to know what the potential cost of a catastrophe?