First the company lied was wrong about how much oil was leaking into the Gulf. Now it is saying that the siphoning tube being used is recovering over 30% less oil than was previously claimed. Surprised? [Guardian, Getty]

BP's oil isn't leaking "four or fives times" faster than everyone thought—at a rate of 4 million gallons per day, it's twenty times worse than BP thought. And the chemical they're using to "disperse" it is toxic, too.

When a crew from CBS News tried to film an oil-covered beach in Louisiana, they were stopped and threatened with arrest by a group of BP contractors and members of the Coast Guard. "This is BP's rules, it's not ours."

Looking to feel depressed? The Times has an interactive map of the BP oil spill.

So it turns out that the widely-accepted figure of 5,000 barrels leaking every day into the Gulf is more like 25,000, and BP is accused of failing to use standard techniques to find an accurate number. Shocking! [NYT]

The first BP megadome didn't work. Now golf balls, hair clippings and pillows are being thrown into action. And after lying on Capitol Hill yesterday, the oil company has deployed a smaller "top hat" dome for the leak. [CNN, Getty]

The BP oil spill is spread across an estimated 2,500 square miles, and is dumping at least 200,000 gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico every day. What would that look like in New York?

The company responsible for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill wants you to know that they're working very hard to fix it. They've capped one leak! And now they're towing a concrete "dome" to the site to contain the spill.

[A dead sea turtle washed up on the shore in Pass Christian, Mississippi. Fishing has been banned in the Gulf as the government scrambles to deal with a disaster that could be "worse than Valdez." Pic via AP.]

Five times more oil than previously thought may be leaking into the Gulf of Mexico.

Eleven workers are missing after an oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico