Gulf Watchers Tuesday - BOP Mandates and "Dangerous" Opt-Outs - BP...
Feds suggest new BOP guidelines. Opt-out of the BP class-action? Be careful, that might not work. LSU and others get funding for mental health programs related to effects of the spill. Kurt Mix wants...
View ArticleFundie pastor: If you oppose offshore drilling, you hate America
Earlier today, James Dobson had Michael Youssef, pastor of Church of the Apostles in Atlanta and a columnist at OneNewsNow, on his daily radio show. The conversation eventually turned to offshore...
View ArticleGulf Watchers Tuesday - Court awards BP scientists' private emails - BP...
Topics: BP Demands Scientist Emails in Gulf Oil Spill Lawsuit, Science out of context - Opinion, Statement on the Need to Protect the Scientific Deliberative Process : Woods Hole Oceanographic...
View Article"If Shell can't handle a three-foot replica ..."
If Shell can't even handle a three-foot replica of a rig that pumps booze, how is the company going to fare in the Arctic deep? So ends Brian Merchant's Treehugger discussion of the hilarious events at...
View ArticleGulf Watchers Tuesday - BP Hides Documents With DoJ Cover - BP Catastrophe...
Transocean demands federal documents on Deepwater Horizon blowout. The oil's still affecting Gulf beaches; you just can't see it. The oysters in Barataria Bay aren't coming back. The fish are probably...
View ArticleGulf Watchers Tuesday - BP gas facility blast kills 1, injures 2 - BP...
Topics: Blast at BP station kills 1, hurts 2, BP safety back in spotlight as explosion kills worker in US, BP to Pay $5.4 Million over Gender Bias Claims, Congress passes Restore Act, flood insurance...
View ArticleGulf Watchers Tuesday - Nalco Says "It Wasn't Our Fault" - BP Catastrophe AUV...
The manufacturer of Corexit dispersant says it was the government's fault if the substance was applied incorrectly. NIH looking for more volunteers in health study. North Texas has 11 earthquakes in...
View ArticleGulf Watchers Tuesday - BP grantees find oil contributed to dolphin deaths -...
Topics: Dolphin deaths investigated by Southern Miss marine scientists, Dolphin Deaths: BP Oil Spill May Have Contributed To High Mortality Rate, Study Finds, Piecing the Puzzle Together on Dolphin...
View ArticleGulf Watchers Tuesday - BP Has a Yard Sale! - BP Catastrophe AUV #594
Location, location, location; please ignore the death and destruction... Federal mandate to remove idle oil rigs should be reconsidered. Half of Alaska Petroleum Reserve off limits. Survey says?...
View ArticleGulf Watchers Tuesday - Isaac may dredge up a million barrels of oil - BP...
Topics: Louisiana Plans for Gulf Oil Dredged by Isaac’s Force, BP says shutting all Gulf of Mexico oil platforms on storm threat, BP contaminated gasoline claims reach 6,500, BP gets 6.5K claims over...
View ArticleBig Oil and even Bigger Romney Promises
Promises, promises. Mitt Romney certainly knows which camp he's beholden to ...Mitt Romney Energy Plan Favors Big Donors In Oil, Gas And Coal Industriesby Paul Blumenthal, huffingtonpost.com --...
View ArticleGulf Watchers Tuesday - BP Proposes Steam Cleaning the Beaches - BP...
BP wants to steam clean Louisiana beaches after Isaac. Objections raised to settlement of claims. Transocean proposes a $1.5 billion settlement, fights Brazilian injunction, and buys four new deepwater...
View ArticleGulf Watchers Tuesday - BP oil spill and platform shutdown in Norway - BP...
Topics: Norway investigates 'substantial' oil and gas leak on BP platform, BP Norwegian leak small but endangered facility, Study: Virtually all Ala. tar balls from BP spill, Gulf Fisheries Rebounding...
View ArticleGulf Watchers Tuesday - Make Them ALL Testify - BP Catastrophe AUV #598
BP "company men" (and everyone else) from the Deepwater Horizon should testify. Will we get to watch ROVs again? Probably not. Feinberg's replacement expects BP settlement deal to stand. Protesters...
View ArticleGulf Watchers Tuesday - Macondo equipment responsible for oil sheen - BP...
Topics: BP says gulf oil sheen not from a fresh leak, BP caps, plugs equipment believed to be source of recent sheen in Gulf near site of 2010 spill, BP asks to abandon plugged containment dome on...
View ArticleGulf Watchers Tuesday - Something's Happening Here... - BP Catastrophe AUV #600
The criminal charges may come first. Opting out might not be the best idea..you know, half a loaf and all that. BP owes Alaska $$$. Who dat doin' that deepwater drilling? It ain't the Saints... Petro...
View ArticleBREAKING: Shallow Water Platform Fire Kill 2 Off Gulf Coast
Well a day after the BP payoff, there is news of a breaking incident in the Gulf off of Louisiana:Link
View ArticleDamn, damn - offshore oil platform explodes
Just as we read of BP's record settlement, now this has happened:Updated at 12:51 p.m. ET VENICE, La. Coast Guard officials said an oil rig exploded off the coast of Louisiana, killing at least two...
View ArticleOffshore oil drilling for Virginia: undead and ugly
Drilling for oil off Virginia’s coast is once again a possibility, popping up like a zombie when we thought it was dead (again). As the New York Times reported, “Efforts are focusing on Virginia...
View ArticleGulf Watchers Tues. - $2.4 billion of BP settlement to Repub founded group -...
Topics: BP settlement a boon to conservation group, Breaking Down The BP Settlement: Where Will The Money Go? | ThinkProgress, BP settles criminal charges for $4 billion in spill; supervisors indicted...
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