As part of Ring of Fires on-going, exclusive coverage of the catastrophic oil spill off of the Gulf Coast, investigative journalist Rick Outzen talks with David Bender about the latest from the frontlines of this fast-breaking story. Video Rating: 5 / 5
Rednecks With a Simple Obama is probably much too arrogant to pay attention. A couple of good ol’ boys show how simple the oil spill cleanup could have been had the Obama Administration not been so utterly incompetent. found this on yahoo m boards thought i can help spread the word Video Rating: 4 / 5
AP ENTERPRISE: Spill grew, BP’s credibility faded
By HOLBROOK MOHR and JUSTIN PRITCHARD and TAMARA LUSH Associated Press Writers At nearly every step since the Deepwater Horizon exploded more than a month ago, causing the worst oil spill in U.S. history, rig… Read more on KFJX Pittsburg
Commentary: BP’s Behavior In The Gulf Is Appalling, But Our Thirst For Oil Is The Real Issue
Intellpuke: This commentary was written by Ian R. MacDonald, Professor of Oceanography at Florida State University, and appeared in The Observer online edition for Sunday, May 30, 2010. In his commentary, Prof. MacDonald writes: “Science will solve this crisis, but the real cause is America’s demands and our refusal to pay oil’s true price.” Read more on Free Internet Press
Live Video: Watch BP’s attempt to stop the oil gusher in the Gulf.
View live underwater coverage of BP’s “top kill” effort at the oil spill site in the Gulf Read more on The Gadsden Times
5/18/10: Under pressure from Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), BP releases video from 5/15 of the gusher at the head of the well riser, one of two major leak points from the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig disaster. Independent experts estimated the other leak rate from the wellhead to be between 1 and 3 million gallons a day. This is additional. Video Rating: 5 / 5
100-ton steel-and-concrete box FAILED – WHATS NEXT ? 100-ton steel-and-concrete box to cover a deepwater oil well gushing toxic crude into the Gulf of Mexico was aborted Saturday news.yahoo.com Alabama’s white sand beaches IN TROUBLE FROM OIL SPILL FLORIDA IS NEXT OIL BELIEVED IS GOING TO REACH FLORIDA BEACHES SOON Video Rating: 4 / 5
The seven steps to BP’s gulf oil disaster
BP has finally come clean over what it thinks caused the explosion and fire on the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon that killed eleven workers and led to the oil spill that is still gushing oil into the ocean over a month later. Read more on Channel 4
GULF OF MEXICO — This video shows blow out preventer modification in preparation for the Top Kill procedure. It is a series of clips taken over seven days that show the sometimes intricate work performed by Remote Operated Vehicles, which are used to modify existing equipment on the Deepwater Horizon’s Blow Out Preventer. The modifications to the pre-existing choke and kill lines were made to enable them to receive heavy drilling fluids as part of the upcoming Top Kill procedure. (video provided by BP) Uploads by deepwaterhorizonjic
BP’s ability questioned as Gulf oil chokes marshes
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill seeped miles deeper into Louisiana’s fragile marshes, making it tougher to clean up or to rescue wildlife like the brown pelican, as the federal government questioned whether BP will be able plug its blown-out well on the seabed…. Oil spill – Oil – Environment – Energy – Mississippi River Delta Read more on San Francisco Chronicle
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