Commission Finds BP, Halliburton Knew Cement Would Allow Oil Leaks Gather.com Fred Bartlit, Jr, lead investigator of a commission appointed by President Obama to investigate the BP gulf oil disaster, reports BP and Halliburton, … Inquiry finds Halliburton, BP knew of faulty cement weeks before Gulf oil disasterUSA Today Cement flaws linked to Gulf oil spillRTHK Halliburton knew oil disaster cement was unstable: probeAFP Raw Story –Monsters and Critics.com –The Guardian all 858 news articles »
Plan would step up monitoring of oil rigs Fort Worth Star Telegram In the wake of the Gulf oil spill, some lawmakers called for the government to go further and put inspectors on offshore rigs to monitor drilling activities … Oil spill testimony: Deepwater Horizon spill was not an accidentExaminer.com Gulf oil spill: Six-month milestone brings disaster back in focusLos Angeles Times (blog) Chevron to Invest in Gulf Oil FieldsWall Street Journal Vanity Fair –Suite101.com –RedOrbit all 2,666 news articles »
Weiss Doubts BP Would End Operations in Gulf of Mexico: Video Bloomberg US officials said BP killed its Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico after creating another cement seal, plugging the source of the largest offshore oil spill… Farewell BP Macondo Well, We Knew You Too WellTheStreet.com After pressure test, government pronounces BP oil well deadBoston Globe Evidence Mounts of Continued Harm from the Gulf SpillTriple Pundit Examiner.com –Right Pundits –FOXBusiness all 7,468 news articles »
Miller, Putnam bill would help protect Gulf homeowners from foreclosure
WASHINGTON – Congressmen Jeff Miller (R-FL) and Adam Putnam (R-FL) today introduced legislation to provide mortgage forbearance to homeowners in the areas affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a news… Read more on Washington County News / Holmes County Times-Advertiser
Who would BP boycott really hurt?
Shane Pacella is like a lot of other Americans: He’s outraged over the oil that continues to spill into the Gulf of Mexico nearly two months after an offshore rig exploded. Read more on The Patriot-News
Hurricane Would Halt BP Effort to Seal Leak, Leave Oil Flowing
June 2 (Bloomberg) — A Gulf of Mexico Hurricane would interrupt BP Plc ’s efforts to seal its leaking oil well and force ships siphoning crude from the gusher to seek shelter in a port for more than a week, analysts said. Read more on Bloomberg
Voice of the People letter: We can only blame ourselves for electing people who would let BP oil disaster happen
A closed beach in Grand Isle, La. Local authorities closed the beaches on the island after oil from last month’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion began to wash ashore.GRASS LAKE — Isn’t it time we as American citizens take some… Read more on The Jackson Citizen Patriot
BP is very, very concerned about the oil-spill in the Gulf. After circumventing governmental regulations, and paying off the regulators, in order to save $ 8 million bucks for this particular drilling project in the short run, they are now facing billions of losses, a 13% drop in their stock price.and YES, they are very concerned. You betcha! So, as the article stated: no, not even the oil industry’s most fervent apologists, is making light of this accident. Except, that this accident would have been entirely preventable, had it not been for short-term profit concerns in the first place. This is an industry, which has resisted alternative and renewable energy for DECADES, because its just too profitable for the time being, and other infra-structure investments may cut into their profits instead of making long-term investments far into the future. They do not care about the planet or its inhabitants long-term, all that matters are their stock portfolios on Wall Street. Is BP another company TOO BIG to fail? Why do you think, that the people of Greece are so pissed off? Or do you think these people are taking to the streets, supporting a General Strike just for the hell of it? Decades of progress for ordinary people are being taken away from them, because the elites lined their own pockets on the backs of working people and they are angry. And rightfully so. Irregardless of Peak Oil, which is debatable, we continue to pollute the entire planet with outdated hydrocarbons …
U.S. Climate Bill Would Expand Oil Drilling, Cut CO2 (Update1)
May 12 (Bloomberg) — Two U.S. senators plan to unveil legislation today to expand offshore oil and natural-gas production and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 17 percent this decade from 2005 levels.
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