The Oil Spill Is Over: What if BP Tries to Make An Early Exit?

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The well has been capped 5,000 feet down. The surface oil is disappearing. Is it really time to roll up the cleanup? (via Ecocentric)

TIME’s Bryan Walsh assesses what it really means when BP talks about taking its recovery efforts to the next stage: “The environmental crisis from the spill may be coming to a close—but the economic crisis is just beginning…” Read Bryan’s full analysis.