Coverage Turns, Cautiously, to Spill Impact New York Times Recent reports that much of the oil seemed to have disappeared from the surface of the gulf prompted fierce reactions in the region. … BP: Focus is on killing well, not future drilling in GulfCNN Gulf oil spill: BP starts last leg of relief wellLos Angeles Times (blog) BP considers drilling in same area as Gulf oil spill, could be worth …New York Daily News USA Today –The Associated Press –Kansas City Star all 3,781 news articles »
La. leaders learn long-term impact of oil in Alaska WWL In the distance an oil tanker heads into the Valdez Marine Terminal for a load of crews from the Trans-Alaska pipeline. Watching over oil spill prevention … Day 106: The Latest on the Oil SpillNew York Times BP could learn from Exxon's safety response to Valdez oil spillUSA Today Limitless OutrageKUNC Daily Kos (blog) –Frazee Vergas Forum –AOL News all 258 news articles »
Jonah Goldberg: Spill impact seems limited, so let's drop drill ban Houston Chronicle Just a few weeks ago, the Gulf oil spill was a turning point for America. It was precisely the providential prodding Americans needed to … How big is the gulf oil disaster? It's too early to tell.Washington Post (blog) BP Gulf oil spill update: Were Tony Hayward and Rush Limbaugh right after all?Examiner.com Gulf oil spill 'no disaster'The Sun The Associated Press –Firedoglake (blog) –USA Today all 2,596 news articles »
Gulf oil spill update: In case of tropical storm impact, severe weather … Examiner.com July 22, 2010 – BP and the federal government should know by this evening if the oil spill response vessels on site over the ruptured Macondo well, … Gulf oil spill: Well will stay sealed through stormLos Angeles Times Florida Releases July 22, 2010 Gulf Oil Spill Situation UpdateGov Monitor Ships ordered to leave Gulf spill site ahead of stormUSA Today Christian Science Monitor –Environment News Service –MarketWatch all 4,869 news articles »
Valdez expert: Psychological impact of Gulf oil spill won't fully emerge for years Palm Beach Post PENSACOLA — Trauma caused by the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster will far eclipse the nation's last oil disaster, a university professor who spent … Expert measures human cost of Gulf oil leakGrist Magazine British PM and US President Determined to Float BPEverything PR Editorial: Cap on oil liability fails US taxpayersMinneapolis Star Tribune Telegraph.co.uk –Creative Loafing Tampa (blog) –The Japan Times all 28 news articles »
Permits for offshore oil drilling, including deep water drilling and specifically the Deepwater Horizon, were rubber stamped without environmental impact studies under the Bush administration, and shamefully, under the Obama administration as well. These so-called “categorical exclusions” exempting them from an environmental impact study are reserved for projects that could never possibly harm the environment, like building a hiking trail or an outhouse. Well, we’ve built a very big outhouse, and its contents have hit the fan. How many trees have died to print these meaningless permits that we rubber stamp with no government oversight? Well, this video contains a little information on the paper industry as well, specifically on Botnia, the Finnish paper mill in Uruguay that was recently the center of international controversy, at least here in South America, due to accusations of treaty violations and pollution of a shared river on the border between Uruguay and Argentina. The international court just passed down a ruling… and showed a clear bias in favor of big business. They claimed the evidence of pollution presented by Argentina was unreliable because Argentina has an interest in protecting its people from pollution… but the evidence presented by Uruguay, compiled BY THE PAPER MILL ITSELF, was admissable and proved that there was no contamination. The governments of the world have been taken over by big business interests, and every industry, from the coal … Video Rating: 4 / 5
Who was ignoring Ken Abbott 2 months ago? Everybody – including the public, government agencies, elected officials, newspeople – and BP. Now when a whistle blows – listen. NEW ORLEANS — The Deepwater Horizon leak is now leading to safety concerns on another BP rig in the Gulf of Mexico. The BP Atlantis is located in more than 7000 feet of water, 150 miles south of New Orleans. According to a lawsuit filed Monday in Houston, the rig is plagued by some of the same possible safety problems as the Horizon. It claims the Department of the Interior allowed Atlantis to operate without completed engineering blueprints needed to operate the rig safely. “This is not a mere paperwork. Without these as-built drawings, the people that are working on these rigs, are flying blind from the standpoint of how to safely operate BP rigs in the Gulf of Mexico,” said plaintiffs’ attorney Mikal Watts. Watts represents the environmental group Food and Water Watch and former BP sub-contractor Ken Abbott. BP fired Abbott, a project control supervisor, last year after he voiced concerns about a lack of documentation on Atlantis. “At BP, I beat my head against the wall, they didn’t care, the government agencies didn’t care,” said Abbott. Abbott said a congressional investigation into the Deepwater Horizon spill indicated that BP could not locate detailed drawings for the rig’s blowout preventer and that workers wasted half a day trying to shut off a valve that had already been disconnected. “BP and … Video Rating: 5 / 5
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