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The Wall Street Journal reports that BP’s lawyers helped prepare its internal investigation into its Gulf of Mexico drilling disaster, according to the report's lead author, raising questions about the study's impartiality.The Wall Street Journal reports that BP’s lawyers helped prepare its internal... more
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Propublica’s Marian Wang reports that even as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency calls for more research into the long-term effects of the chemical dispersants BP used in the Gulf, representatives of BP and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have been dispatching public relations officials to local schools to do what they refer to as dispelling myths about dispersants and subsurface oil.Propublica’s Marian Wang reports that even as the U.S. Environmental Protection... more
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Levels of some cancer-causing oil compounds rose significantly in the waters off the Louisiana coast during the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to Oregon State University researchers.Levels of some cancer-causing oil compounds rose significantly in the waters off the... more
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A White House commission appointed to investigate the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico found that the Obama administration lost the public trust and may have sabotaged clean-up operations by grossly underestimating the amount of oil gushing from BP's broken Macondo well.A White House commission appointed to investigate the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf... more
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An environmental whistleblower group charges in a lawsuit that the Obama administration is withholding documents that would reveal why it issued an estimate on the gravity of the Gulf of Mexico oil well blowout that later was proved to be far too low.An environmental whistleblower group charges in a lawsuit that the Obama... more
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US officials recorded a big jump in the numbers of dolphins, endangered brown pelicans and sea turtles injured or killed by the BP oil geyser over the past week, at the same exact time as officials were proclaiming that the oil was rapidly disappearing from the Gulf.US officials recorded a big jump in the numbers of dolphins, endangered brown pelicans... more
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BP says it is no longer using toxic dispersants to break up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Gulf Coast residents claim otherwise, and say they have the sicknesses to prove it.BP says it is no longer using toxic dispersants to break up the Gulf of Mexico oil... more
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The federal government is giving hundreds of millions of dollars in stimulus money to a joint venture involving oil giant BP to build a power plant near the tiny California town of Tupman, even as the company faces heavy government pressure and a criminal probe into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.The federal government is giving hundreds of millions of dollars in stimulus money to... more
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The Obama administration is accused of spinning a government scientific report into the amount of oil left in the Gulf of Mexico from the BP spew which had officials declaring that the vast majority of the oil had been removed. Environmental groups and scientists – including those working with government agencies to calculate the scale and effects of the spill – say White House officials are painting a far too optimistic picture of a report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency into the fate of the oil.The Obama administration is accused of spinning a government scientific report into... more
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Scientists have found signs of an oil-and-dispersant mix under the shells of blue crab larvae in the Gulf of Mexico, the first clear indication that the unprecedented use of dispersants in the BP oil spill has broken up the oil into toxic droplets so tiny that they can easily enter the food chain.Scientists have found signs of an oil-and-dispersant mix under the shells of blue crab... more
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The Gulf of Mexico was carpet-bombed with the highly toxic chemical dispersant Corexit for months on end, breaking official guidelines issued in the aftermath of April's Deepwater Horizon disaster, which stated that BP should use the substance only in "extremely rare" cases.The Gulf of Mexico was carpet-bombed with the highly toxic chemical dispersant Corexit... more
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Created by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, this puppet satire skit feature "Bob" from BP, pitching a new product "PB Fish Oil Plus" made with 100% natural crude oil. See more at www.NaturalNews.TV or www.NaturalNews.comCreated by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, this puppet satire skit feature... more
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BP has been offering signing bonuses and lucrative pay to prominent scientists from public universities around the Gulf Coast to aid its defense against spill litigation. BP PLC attempted to hire the entire marine sciences department at one Alabama university.BP has been offering signing bonuses and lucrative pay to prominent scientists from... more
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While the BP oil gusher has been labeled the worst environmental catastrophe in recent U.S. history, the San Francisco Chronicle reports that a biofuel is contributing to a Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" the size of New Jersey that scientists say could be every bit as harmful to the gulf.While the BP oil gusher has been labeled the worst environmental catastrophe in recent... more
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An investigation by the Associated Press has revealed that the Gulf of Mexico is packed with abandoned oil wells from a host of companies, including BP. The AP describes the area as "an environmental minefield that has been ignored for decades." There are more than 27,000 abandoned wells in the Gulf of Mexico, of which 600 belonged to BP.An investigation by the Associated Press has revealed that the Gulf of Mexico is... more
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At the start of this month, the United States Coast Guard put new restrictions in place across the Gulf Coast that prevent the public - including news photographers and reporters covering the BP oil gusher - from coming within 65 feet of any response vessels or booms on the water or on beaches. According to the Unified Command, violation of the "safety zone" rules can result in a civil penalty of up to $40,000, and could be classified as a Class D felony.At the start of this month, the United States Coast Guard put new restrictions in... more
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In the 80 plus days since oil from the ruptured Deepwater Horizon began to gush into the Gulf of Mexico, BP has skimmed or burned about 60 percent of the amount it promised regulators it could remove in a single day.In the 80 plus days since oil from the ruptured Deepwater Horizon began to gush into... more
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BP gas station franchises across the United States are anxious to distance themselves from the British oil multinational as the Deepwater Horizon oil catastrophe has led to a spike in vandalism, a drop in business and sometimes hate from customers.BP gas station franchises across the United States are anxious to distance themselves... more
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In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the 120,000 or so trailers provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to people who had lost their homes became a symbol of the government’s inept response to that disaster.
The trailers were discovered to have such high levels of formaldehyde that the government banned them from ever being used for long-term housing again.
But the New York Times reports that some of those trailers are now getting a second life amid the latest disaster to hit the Gulf states— as living quarters for workers involved with the cleanup of BP’s oil spill.In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the 120,000 or so trailers provided by the Federal... more
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A report released last week by the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform concluded: “The lack of equipment at the scene of the spill is shocking, and appears to reflect what some describe as a strategy of cleaning up oil once it comes ashore versus containing the spill and cleaning it up in the ocean.”A report released last week by the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government... more
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