Experts Say White House ‘Misrepresented’ Views to Justify Drilling Moratorium Never let a good crisis go to waste The seven experts who advised President Obama on how to deal with Offshore Drilling safety after the Deepwater Horizon explosion are accusing his administration of misrepresenting their views to make it appear that they supported a six-month Drilling Moratorium — something they actually oppose . The experts, recommended by the National Academy of Engineering, say Interior Secretary Ken Salazar modified their report last month , after they signed it, to… READ MORE » politifi.com
Two months after an explosion on BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 people, Panorama’s Hilary Andersson tells the story of America’s ‘greatest environmental disaster.’ Dubbed an environmental ‘9/11’ by President Obama, the leak caused by the explosion is still releasing thousands of barrels of crude oil a day into the waters of the Gulf – livelihoods and ecosystems are threatened, fishermen are unable to work and billions have been wiped off the value of BP shares. Panorama examines the full consequences of the disaster amid a mounting war of words between the Obama adminstration and an embattled BP, asking what went wrong and who is really to blame. www.bbc.co.uk
Sea Turtles Swimming into Deep Trouble
One in Five Turtles Rescued from the Oil Spill Come out Alive as Wildlife Agents Work to Save Them Read more on CBS News
Crews Drill Deep Into Gulf To Halt Leak
Drilling crews are grinding ever deeper to build the relief wells that are the best hope of stopping the massive oil leak at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The crew of Transocean Ltd.’s Development Driller II was on track to pour cement starting early Sunday to firm up a section of metal casing lining one of two relief wells. Read more on CBS4 Miami
Plumes of oil deep in Gulf spread far
NEW ORLEANS — Oil from the BP spill is slathering some areas in a tarry mess while leaving others unscathed, even as a device collects more and more crude gushing from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The recently installed containment cap on the stricken BP wellhead is helping … Read more on The Washington Times
Enter the no-spin zone of the deep: the BP live feed
It was the last thing BP wanted: An open, high-definition live video feed â a “spillcam,” if you will â showing in excruciating detail the massive oil geyser fouling the Gulf of Mexico, a situation admittedly caused by the giant extractive firm. Read more on The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News
100511-G-0000X-001 Crater Plume Gassing ROBERT, La. — Oil and gas stream from the riser of the Deepwater Horizon well May 11, 2010. This video is from the larger of two existing leaks on the riser. This leak is located approximately 460 feet from the top of the blowout preventer and rests on the sea floor at a depth of about 5000 feet. (Courtesy video) Source: cgvi.uscg.mil Very courteous, indeed, at www.michaelmoore.com Video Rating: 4 / 5
This video, dated 05/11/10, shows one of the three major oil leaks left after the fire and subsequent sinking of the Deepwater Horizon mobile drilling platform. Video Rating: 5 / 5
As I’m watching the news, seeing all of these fantastical, hopeless ideas being honestly tossed around as possibly viable-enough-to-try solutions to the oil well rupture, I just had to come up with my own that I thought would have the same probability of working. See? I should get paid the same amount as Gov’t consultants– When do I get my check? PS- This video was partially made in direct response to this bunch of silliness- www.ireport.com PPS- IRL I don’t have a half-inebriated, 1/4-southern redneck, 1/4 brain-dead speech impediment. Video Rating: 5 / 5
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