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Can -- or Should -- the Offshore Drilling Industry Police Itself? [1]

The Tuesday recommendations of the presidential oil spill commission may include one that could help the offshore oil industry dodge tighter government safety regulation -- creation of a self-policing program like the one the chemical industry launched after Bhopal.

Jennifer A. Dlouhy reports for the Houston Chronicle January 8, 2011. [2]

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Source: Houston Chronicle [2], 01/10/2011
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