Tag: Gulf Oil Spill - Page 14
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Help Animal Planet and NWF's Gulf Cost Recovery Project
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, it seems, is only getting worse. As countless gallons continue to gush into the Gulf, oil on the East Coast looks likely and, even as some cleaned birds are released, countless more are
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What Deep Water Drilling and Nuclear Power Have in Common
Put simply, the capacity for something to go very, very wrong as a result of technical mismanagement (or otherwise). Now, there are surely a great number of things that could also fit the bill, but I highlight these for a reason:
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Underwater Robot Accident Causes 100,000s of Gallons of Oil to Gush from BP Spill Source
If it all wasn't so catastrophic, the series of mishaps that have plagued BP's attempts to contain its gigantic oil spill would almost be comical. Almost. After all, we've seen failed 'top hats' and 'junk shots', the rig literally struck
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Green Eyes On: Overcoming the BP Disaster and Others Like It
I recently got an email about a "life architect," Nick Kolesnikoff and his book Your Turn: Empower
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Judge Strikes Down Obama's Offshore Drilling Ban
A federal judge in New Orleans blocked the Obama administration's 6 month moratorium on deep water offshore drilling. According to the New York Times, the judge Martin L. C. Feldman wrote in a 22-page opinion that "The blanket
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Considering a Clean Energy Economic Stimulus Bill
In the wake of the ongoing BP Gulf spill, public support continues to drop off for offshore drilling and to rise for clean energy development. Elsewhere, the economic recovery continues to be slow and painful, and job growth is
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WTF? Is BP Burning Endangered Sea Turtles Alive? (Videos)
A lucky Kemp's Ridley sea turtle that didn't get burned. Photo: Wikipedia, public domain.Destroying the Evidence?Kemp's Ridley is a critically endangered species of sea turtle that can be found in the Gulf of Mexico. According to Mike Ellis (see the
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Oil Corp Lawyers Claim Offshore Drilling Ban is Destroying an 'Ecosystem of Business'
I have to admit that I've been trying to think beyond the ongoing environmental horror-show of the BP oil spill and get past blame and anger with it all. But a new piece in The Guardian brought anger right
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Where Does Oil Come From? Where Does it Go?
As oil continues to spray into the Gulf, an increasing number of people are calling for an end to offshore drilling. At the same time, others argue that offshore oil—in spite of the risk—is an essential source of the
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BP Gulf Spill May Cause Loss of 1 Million Jobs
We've spent most of our time here detailing how the BP Gulf spill is impacting the environment, and discussing the event's significance in terms of our nation's energy future. But there's another important element that needs to be
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Webby Winners Don't Mince Words on Gulf Disaster
Webby winner Gilbert Gottfried's insurance duck cried fowl - "Who needs five words?" Photos courtesy of Webby Awards BP got lambasted by Congress with lengthy tirades yesterday after the CEO apologized profusely for the oil gusher's devastation to the
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Inept Oil Companies and the Politicians Who Apologize to Them (Daily Show Video)
Plenty of people did a genuine double take after hearing Representative Joe Barton (R-Texas) apologize to BP after Obama arranged for the oil company to create a $20 billion fund to pay for the damage it's caused. But that was
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BP CEO Tony Hayward Removed from Gulf Operations
It looks like the bumbling, uncooperative congressional testimony was the last straw -- BP CEO Tony Hayward has just been sacked from the cleanup operations in the Gulf. After countless gaffes and insensitive comments, many
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BP Oil Spill Could Gush For 2-4 Years !!! Unless Stopped
Want to know how long the BP oil spill could continue gushing if it's not stopped? A new piece in The Guardian gives us a terrifying glimpse: Based on testimony by BP's Tony Hayward in Congress earlier in the week as to the estimated amount of oil the
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Exxon CEO: Oil Industry is "Not Well Equipped" to Deal With Spills
I don't get it. I really don't. Both Democratic and Republican politicians are up in arms about the offshore drilling moratorium, attacking the president for suspending further operations in deep waters. They insist that the BP Gulf
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BP CEO's Infuriating Congressional Testimony in 4 Minutes (Video)
Yesterday, BP CEO Tony Hayward headed to Congress to answer questions about BP's role in the Gulf oil spill. At least, that was ostensibly the reason he appeared before Congress -- after the hearings were over, it seemed
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A Brief History of Presidential Promises to End US Oil Addiction, by Jon Stewart (Video)
Each and every one of the last 8 presidents, at one point during their presidencies, announced to the public that the United States needs to end its dependence on oil. Whether it was Carter, Nixon, or even George W., they all
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What Obama's Oval Office Speech Could Have Sounded Like (Video)
Photo via the NY Times ...According to Rachel Maddow Plenty of people felt let down by Obama's oval office speech on the BP Gulf spill, and believed it was as a lost opportunity to rally for more progressive energy policy in a meaningful way. I was one
