Tag Archives: Gulf Oil Spill

BP Oil Leak May Last Until Christmas?

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Wednesday, June 2, 2010 BP’s epic failure to plug the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico has prompted forecasts the crude may continue gushing until Christmas, in what President Obama has called the “greatest environmental disaster in U.S. history.” … Continue reading →

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BP Oil Could Hit Florida Panhandle Today

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Wednesday, June 2, 2010 A Florida beach could get hit with oil from the Deepwater Horizon accident for the first time Wednesday as sheen from rig accident was reported less than 10 miles off Pensacola Beach. State and local environmental … Continue reading →

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Obama Bringing in Nuclear Experts to Address the Spill

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Monday, May 31, 2010 Before the failure of the so-called “Top Kill” method to stop the flow of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, in a desperate move, BP tried the ‘Junk shot’ method to stop the leak which … Continue reading →

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BP’s “Top Kill” Fails

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Sunday, May 30, 2010 Engineers for BP announced Saturday that the so-called “top kill” technique had failed to halt the flow of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico. The effort to plug the well was the latest in a … Continue reading →

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Oil, Everywhere Oil

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Thursday, May 27, 2010 Oil overtakes the shore at the Grand Isle East State Park on Grand Isle, Louisiana. CNN’s Anderson Cooper reflected in oil-filled water during a tour of areas where oil has come ashore on Blind Bay, Louisiana. … Continue reading →

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!OUT!

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Thursday, May 27, 2010 Elizabeth Birnbaum, director of the troubled Minerals Management Service agency that oversees offshore drilling was fired resigned under pressure today, as President Obama finally moved more aggressively to take charge of the Gulf oil spill. But … Continue reading →

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BP’s “Three Little Pigs” Scenario

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Wednesday, May 26, 2010 As the American people await BP’s decision to move ahead today with an ambitious scheme to cap the mile-deep oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico, soiling the Gulf waters and tidal wetlands, From the Left … Continue reading →

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Minerals Management Service Staff Enjoyed Hunting Trips, Sports Events, Internet Porn and Meth

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Tuesday, May 25, 2010 As the Gulf region slowly succumbs to a slow death caused by the BP rig explosion and subsequent spill of millions of gallons of oil, a 2008 report by then-Inspector General Earl Devaney has surfaced which … Continue reading →

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Despite Gulf Disaster, Seven New Drilling Permits Issued

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Monday, May 24, 2010 If you thought the oil disaster would slow or even halt new oil projects in Gulf of Mexico, then think again. Interior Secretary Salazar reiterated that his agency has no intentions of stopping all new oil … Continue reading →

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Carville on Obama’s Handling of BP Oil Spill: “Lackadaisical” and “Naive”

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Saturday, May 22, 2010 Democratic strategist James Carville — an ardent supporter of President Obama is the latest high-profile media pundit to issue a withering critique of the administration’s handling of of the worsening Gulf oil spill. Appearing on CNN’s … Continue reading →

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Tweety’s Love Affair with Obama is Officially Over

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Friday, May 21, 2010 MSNBC’s Chris “Tweety” Matthews is done with President Barack Obama. The cable anchor, who once famously said Obama’s campaign speech sent a thrill up his leg, told Jay Leno on Thursday that the president now scares … Continue reading →

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Kevin Costner’s Machine Heads to Gulf to Clean-Up BP’s Oil Spill

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Thursday, May 20, 2010 While the Obama administration, the Interior Dept., and the EPA diddles, and BP, Transocean, and Halliburton play the Beltway blame game, actor Kevin Costner, is attempting to do what the Big Dogs have failed to accomplish: … Continue reading →

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Effort to Lift Liability Cap in Spill Clean-Up Blocked by Republicans

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Wednesday, May 19, 2010 Senate Democrats on Tuesday were stopped by Republican Big Oil whores in their efforts to dramatically lift a cap on oil companies’ economic liability for spills. Federal law requires companies to pay for all environmental damage, … Continue reading →

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BREAKING: Energy Dept. Says Jonathan I. Katz Ousted from Clean-Up Team

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010 That was fast. In less than 24 hours, the Dept. of Energy announced controversial homophobic astrophysicist at Washington University in St. Louis, Jonathan I. Katz, who penned an essay extolling the virtues of  homophobia, will no … Continue reading →

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President Obama’s Scientific Team Assembled to Clean-Up Oil Spill Includes Outspoken Homophobe

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Monday, May 17, 2010 Following BP’s many failures, President Obama and Energy Secretary Steven Chu assembled a team of five “extraordinarily intelligent” scientists (Obama’s words), whose specialties range from bomb design to Martian mining, to clean up the Gulf spill. … Continue reading →

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Transocean to Petition to Limit $$$ Liability in Gulf Oil Rig Explosion

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Thursday, May 13, 2010 I have learned that Transocean Ltd., the world’s largest offshore driller, and the owner and operator of the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig that exploded and sank last month, unleashing a massive oil spill into the … Continue reading →

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Gulf Oil Spill Much Worse than BP, Interior Admits

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Wednesday, May 12, 2010 Alabama resident John Walthen filmed this aerial footage of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill wrecking havoc in the Gulf of Mexico. Walthen says, “For the first time in my environmental career, I find myself using the … Continue reading →

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Epic Failure for Oil Containment Dome

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Sunday, May 9, 2010 BP on Saturday encountered an epic failure in their efforts to submerge and attach a steel containment dome — which resembles a massive outhouse, over a leaking well on the seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico, … Continue reading →

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