“In the same way that our view of our vulnerabilities and our foreign policy was shaped profoundly by 9/11, I think this disaster is going to shape how we think about the environment and energy for many years to come.”

US President Barack Obama says the Gulf of Mexico oil spill “echoes 9/11” (USA Today).

$1.6bn

The amount BP confirmed today it has spent on the aftermath of the accident to date (PA).

“There was one bird that made it for 19 years. But most of the birds didn’t even make it through the first six months.”

Dan Anderson, of University of California, Davis, talks to NPR about the likely survival of birds cleaned of oil.

“LIMITED EDITION. A pledge of 1000 dollars towards helping seafood laborers and secures you one of these numbered bottles of actual reclaimed oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster.”

Horizon Relief has hit on a novel way of raising funds (hat tip: Time).

Image: US Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Caleb Critchfield.