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What We Learned From the Oil Spill

As work crews struggle to contain the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Mose Buchele of KUT News reports how others are already looking ahead at what lessons might be learned from this environmental disaster.

By Mose Buchele, KUT NewsMay 5, 2010, 10:00 a.m. CentralUpdated May 5, 2010, 10:00 a.m. Central

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What We Learned From the Oil Spill

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