Disaster in the Gulf
Stephen LendmanObama administration and BP complicit in this crime against humanity
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Oil Spill - Gulf of Mexico
James Cameron: US shouldn’t be relying on BP’s underwater intel
• Raw StoryJames Cameron offered to help BP find a solution to their leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico but the company turned him down. Now the Academy Award-winning director is taking his suggestions directly to the media.
Obama to reopen waters for shallow water drilling
• Raw StoryFacing an angry tsunami from oil companies, oil company employees and oil company servicers in the Gulf Coast, the Obama Administration is set to quickly reopen drilling sites in the Gulf.
Senator Nelson:Casing Broke...Oil Leaking from Seafloor!!!
• godlikeproductions.comIn an interview by Andrea Mitchell a few minutes ago on Mitchell’s MSNBC show, Senator Bill Nelson of Florida, who has been one of the most informed and diligent, if not the most informed and diligent, Congressmen on the BP Gulf Oil Spill issue, stat
More leak control helps BP but spill menaces Florida
• ReutersShares of BP Plc gained Monday after it announced progress in containing its Gulf of Mexico oil leak but the energy giant still faced tough questions from investors and U.S. lawmakers as the spill threatened more of the U.S. Gulf coast.
Palin to Jindal - Hit the Beach
• arcleinFormer Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is pushing Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal to ignore federal rules and build berms to protect his state's coastline. According to The Hill, Palin tweeted Monday evening: “Gov.Jindal:to avoid ravished coast, build the
Director James Cameron says BP turned down help offer
• http://news.yahoo.comCameron, the director of "Avatar" and "Titanic," has worked extensively with robot submarines and is considered an expert in undersea filming. He did not say explicitly who he meant when he referred to "those morons."
Slick Solution
• arclein"If the oil is in very small droplets, microbial degradation is much quicker," says microbial ecologist Kenneth Lee, director of the Center for Offshore Oil, Gas and Energy Research with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, who has been measuring the oil d
Secret Saudi Oil Spill Cleanup
• arclein"No one's listening," says Nick Pozzi, who was an engineer with Saudi Aramco in the Middle East when he says an accident there in 1993 generated a spill far larger than anything the United States has ever seen. An engineer who witnessed a crude
Now that 'top kill' has failed, what's next in Gulf oil spill?
• Christian Science MonitorBP had no sooner proclaimed its “top kill” maneuver a failure than it set in motion what is essentially its Plan D for dealing with the cause of the Gulf oil spill. Skip to next paragraph * Photo Gallery Louisiana oil spill R
Barack Obama: Liar, Warlord and Corporate Shill
Stephen LendmanObama represents Bush's third term and worse
Oil Flow Is Stemmed, but Could Resume, Official Says
• NY TimesBy injecting solid objects overnight as well as heavy drilling fluid into the stricken well leaking oil into the Gulf of Mexico, engineers appeared to have stemmed the flow of oil, Adm. Thad W. Allen of the Coast Guard, the leader of the government e
US Inspector General Report: Falsified Oil Rig Inspections and Other Improprieties
Stephen LendmanThe Gulf is a worsening crime scene
Workers Describe Failures on Oil Rig
• APAs the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig burned around him, Chris Pleasant hesitated, waiting for approval from his superiors before activating the emergency disconnect system that was supposed to slam the oil well shut at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexi
US has approved 19 environmental drilling waivers since oil spill
• Raw StoryOn May 14, President Barack Obama announced that oil companies would no longer be given license to bypass environmental reviews of their drilling projects.
BP and Administration Lies, Deceit, and Coverup in the Gulf
Stephen LendmanMore evidence of a criminal cabal running America
Louisiana shore sees heavy oil as BP prepares plug
• ReutersHeavy oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill threatened Louisiana marshlands on Thursday after washing ashore for the first time since a BP-operated rig exploded a month ago, sparking ecological disaster.
Gulf Oil SPILL: What a Lie!
• J. Speer-WilliamsWill people have to convulse and hemorrhage from their internal organs and lungs before the corporate media will show at least a modicum of truthfulness?
The Gulf oil catastrophe . . . an appeal to all!
• AL WhitneyThis is a grass-roots effort to bring a non-toxic oil clean-up system to the attention of 'those in charge' of the Gulf oil catastrophe. Dr. Mike Castle presents a simply amazing solution to cleaning up oil and other contaminants on land and in water
Worry that Gulf oil spreading into major current
• Yahoo NewsBP said Monday it was siphoning some of the oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, but worries escalated about the ooze reaching a major ocean current that could carry it through the Florida Keys and up the East Coast.
Obama's Oil Blame Game
• www.drscoundrels.comA great article by Diane Student of Freedoms Wings: "This is getting ridiculous! As the oil spill in the gulf continues to grow with gallons and gallons of oil spewing from an underwater well, the President has taken to finger pointing while compla
Halliburton's Return: Oil Spill Puts Symbol Of Cronyism And Corruption Back In The News
• Dan Froomkin, Huffington Post. . . when investigators determine the precise cause of the oil-rig explosion that threatens to poison huge swaths of the Gulf of Mexico, what they'll conclude is that something went catastrophically wrong with the work done by Halliburton.
Solutions For The Gulf Oil Spill (PHOTOS/VIDEOS)
• Huffington PostHere are ideas people have proposed to help clean up the oil spill and stop the leak. Some seem plausible and effective, while others could potentially cause more damage in the end.
Political patience wanes as Gulf oil spill grows
• Yahoo NewsPolitical patience is washing away for BP executives who can't stop a broken underwater well from spewing oil into the Gulf, where crews lowered a new containment box to the seafloor in preparation for the latest bid to funnel the gusher to a waiting
What next? After failure, BP mulls gusher options
• APA day after icy slush clogged the massive box they hoped would contain an out-of-control oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico, BP officials on Sunday said they may try again — this time with a smaller box.
Bubble of methane triggered rig blast
• APThe deadly blowout of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was triggered by a bubble of methane gas that escaped from the well and shot up the drill column, expanding quickly as it burst through several seals and barriers before exploding, according to i
While Oil Slick Spread, Interior Department Chief of Staff Rafted with Wife
• ABC NewsThough his agency was charged with coordinating the federal response to the major oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Dept. of the Interior chief of staff was in the Grand Canyon with his wife participating in activities that included white-water raftin
Oil Starts To Wash Ashore Off Louisiana
• AP"We have teams that have confirmed oil on the beach, at the south end of the Chandeleur Islands, at Freemason Island," coastguard Connie Terrell said. "This is the first confirmation that Unified Command has received of oil on a shoreline," she added
Mother of all gushers could kill Earth's oceans
Ernest Hancock"I'm engineer with 25 years of experience. I've worked on some big projects with big machines. Maybe that's why this mess is so clear to me."
$12.5 Billion Oil Cleanup Costs, And A Double-Dip Is Now Way More Likely
• Businessinsider.com/Federal deficit spending will certainly rise by tens, and maybe hundreds, of billions as emergency appropriations are directed at larger and larger efforts to clean up this mess. Federal and state revenues tied to Gulf-region businesses will fall.
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