TV report on shrimp with nearly 200 ppm oil in digestive system (VIDEO)
Oil Rally at Capitol, WBRX, October 31, 2010:
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Desparation: “Local economy will completely collapse” without help soon — “Going to be true devastation” (VIDEO)
Beach businesses desperate for cash, WALA, November 1, 2010:
Shuckers Oyster Bar at the Wharf is not closed, but it looks like it. At noon on Monday, what should be the middle of the lunch rush, there were only two tables in the restaurant. …
told us the restaurant has only ... Read More
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“World renowned” scientist says Florida’s EAST & WEST coasts under oil threat
Scientists talk oil and Naples coastline, WINK CBS, October 29, 2010:
Rush Transcript Excerpts Are the worst effects of that devastating spill just around the corner? Scientists gathered in Collier County tonight giving us a look at the possible long-term impacts... Many in Naples are now turning to world renowned scientists ... Read More
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Beverly Armand – “My lungs are crippled — They found chemicals in my blood stream”
Group rallies on Capitol steps concerning Gulf oil spill, WAFB CBS 9 Baton Rouge, October 30, 2010:
“Our fishermen can’t fish because they don’t want to poison anybody,” said Beverly Armand of Grand Isle. …
“I was crippled when the oil hit the beaches and now my lungs are crippled. They found ... Read More
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Currents WILL Spread Oil Throughout Gulf – Vid
Scientists talk oil and Naples coastline, WINK CBS, October 29, 2010:
Rush Transcript Excerpts
Are the worst effects of that devastating spill just around the corner?
Scientists gathered in Collier County tonight giving us a look at the possible long-term impacts…
Many in Naples are now turning to world renowned scientists to find out ... Read More
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Gulf Family Can’t Afford To Eat – Vid
Baldwin County oil spill victim who says he’s out of work and was denied a claim threatens to slaughter family pig outside Foley claims office, WKRG, October 29, 2010:
WKRG
Tosh Peters… worked as a marine contractor, says the oil spill put him out of business. Peters says his claim has ... Read More
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“It’s Raining Bacteria”: Rain can spread flesh-eating microbes via “bio-aerosols” — “Also led to skin allergies and rashes”
Watch out, it’s raining bacteria, Daily News & Analysis (Mumbai, India), October 26, 2010:
ccording to a study conducted by a team of researchers from the Department of Environmental Science at the Bangalore University, it’s preferable to stay out of the rain altogether.
The study has revealed the presence of pathogenic bacteria… ... Read More
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Fish organs are NOT the same color as they used to be, says BP/P2S worker — “You cut them open and they’re not the same” (VIDEO)
BP/P2S Worker Demands Answers from Claims Tsar Kenneth Feinberg, October 28, 2010:
Via JerryCope1
Former BP/P2S Employee Tosh Peter:
… Fish organs are not the same color as they used to be…
Full video here:
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More Gulf Residents Hit By Chemical Poisoning – Vid
Interview: Dahr Jamail, AlJazeeraEnglish, October 27, 2010
Full interview here:
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Cleanup worker describes being sprayed: Throwing up foamy brown liquid… probably blood — Like Nitromethane (VIDEO)
Crude Awakening, journeymanpictures, October 24, 2010:
Throwing up foamy brown liquid… probably blood.
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Riki Ott: ‘People Now Dropping Dead’ In the Gulf
The Intel Hub
By Shepard Ambellas
On the sixth month anniversary of the oil disaster in the gulf we are still witnessing a complete media blackout.
The people, particularly in Grand Isle, have been poisoned by tyrants that care more about their pocketbooks than human life or mother earth.
According to Riki Ott, ... Read More
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Catfish in lagoon “suffering burns across their heads and bodies” (VIDEO)
Crude Awakening, journeymanpictures, October 24, 2010:
Dauphin Island, AL — Catfish caught in tidal lagoon were suffering burns across their heads and bodies.
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Researchers discover oil plume drifting 300 miles from Macondo well (VIDEO)
Scientists say oil is still out there in the Gulf, WWL, October 25, 2010:
Transcript Excerpts
The data collected during the voyage is still being analyzed, but there are several preliminary findings causing concern. The first is the presence of orange-colored droplets on crabs, similar to ones found on crabs in a ... Read More
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Scientist “astonished” that he found so much crude — Questions whether NOAA “dramatically understated” amount of oil in Gulf (VIDEO)
Government estimates of oil in Gulf may miss mark, Fox 8 New Orleans, October 25, 2010:
Transcript Excerpts
Louisiana University scientists believe the government may have dramatically understated how much oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico…
On a dock in Cocodrie, Paul Sammarco unfurls a 15-foot long piece of fabric, a ... Read More
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America’s Gulf Crisis – Ongoing Coverup and Denial – Stephen Lendman
America's Gulf Crisis - Ongoing Coverup and Denial
By Stephen Lendman
10-27-10
On October 22, AP reported that over 7,000 square miles of Gulf waters off Florida's Panhandle were declared oil-free and reopened to fishing. According the the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 96% of Gulf waters are now safe and reopened, ... Read More
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Gulf Coast are sick from the effects of the oil gusher – video
However, here is what Allen and the corporate media are not talking about — residents along the Gulf Coast are sick from the effects of the oil gusher.
"The harm dealt by this silent enemy is beginning to creep into the lives of those living and working in the Gulf. The ... Read More
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THE GULF BLUE PLAGUE – IT’S NOT WISE TO FOOL MOTHER NATURE
By Michael Edward
The World Vision Portal
http://worldvisionportal.org/wvpforum/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=1031
It’s not wise to fool Mother Nature. Those who think they can get away with it will abruptly learn that payback can be more than they bargained for. That’s because nature will always retaliate in subtle retorts that shake the very foundations of this earth ... Read More
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Biggest coverup in the life of the world — “Oil everywhere” (VIDEO)
See also: “Orange oil” for miles, “a signature image of the spill” returns — BP, Coast Guard not responding say captains (PHOTOS)
h/t BPGulfLeak
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Toxicologist dealing with 3-4 autopsies in Gulf – Grand Isle worker drops dead
"People who’s esophaguses are dissolving.. these people have oil in their bodies" (VIDEO)
Worker on Grand Isle dropped over dead.
I am dealing with about 3 or 4 autopsies right now.
I know of people with 4.75% of lung capacity and with an enlarged heart. I know people who’s esophaguses are dissolving and ... Read More
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Homeland Security agents want organizer to “shut up” — Told by BP to “back off”
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BP, you can cheat and lie, but the facts you can’t hide.
- BK Lim
20 Oct 2010
hydrocomgeo@gmail.com
(dedicated to the brave souls who had been tormented by their conscience but cannot tell)
For months we have all suspected that BP had not been truthful at all about the oil spill disaster. What does it take to prove that BP is lying all this while? ... Read More
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Biggest concern is still “total fisheries collapse” says LSA President (VIDEO)
Victims still suffering 6 months after oil spill, Fox 8 New Orleans, October 20, 2010:
Reporter: What’s your biggest concern?
Clint Guidry, President of the Louisiana Shrimpers Association: A total fisheries collapse…
... Read More
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Florida Woman Eats Oysters Find Oil In Them – Vid
A Tallahassee Woman Says She Found Oil in a Batch of Oysters, WCTV Tallahassee, October 20, 2010:
Transcript Summary
As she ate them she noticed what she believed to be crude oil all over them. ..
WCTV
Department of Agriculture and Florida Fish and Wildlife are testing samples of the store where the oysters ... Read More
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‘Astronomical’ Rainwater Toxins AFTER Well Capped – Vid
Posted On 20 Oct 2010 By sitfu.com. Under Information.
Interview with Coastal Heritage Society of Louisiana and Project Gulf Impact, Intel Hub Radio, October 16, 2010:
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Many large fish washing up dead on Louisiana shoreline (VIDEO)
Fresh Oil, Dead Fish Cover Grand Isle, HistoryTours, October 18, 2010:
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‘Florida Beaches Covered In Tar 6 Feet Under’ – Vid
Interview with P2S cleanup worker Ashley Elizabeth Richards, hccreekkeeper, October 12, 2010:
Full video of interview with Ms. Richards here:
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Many large fish washing up dead on Louisiana shoreline (VIDEO)
Posted On 19 Oct 2010 By sitfu.com. Under Information.
Fresh Oil, Dead Fish Cover Grand Isle, HistoryTours, October 18, 2010:
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‘Astronomical’ Rainwater Toxins AFTER Well Capped – Vid
Interview with Coastal Heritage Society of Louisiana and Project Gulf Impact, Intel Hub Radio, October 16, 2010:
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Tests of rainwater showed “aluminum, magnesium, chloride, copper, nickel” – vid
People question whether coast really is clear, Fox 8 New Orleans, October 11, 2010 at 12:29 a.m. EDT: On top of the economic impacts, coastal residents fear that the health effects are uncertain. "On June 16th I walked out of my front door and hit the ground. The smell was ... Read More
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People question whether coast really is clear
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Six months after the BP oil disaster, some question whether the coast is really clear.
In Gulf Shores, AL the annual Gulf Coast Shrimp Fest drew the largest opening day turnout in years. It was a boost for businesses that have struggled to get through a challenging summer because ... Read More
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Atlantic Ocean, wildlife, human death by oil, Corexit (video, slide show)
"The incidence of respiratory illnesses where I work also went way up, with no definitive diagnoses. This has continued into the present time. Many of the elderly have also been put on steroids and Oxygen." - Doctor north of Daytona
Documentary and photographic evidence has been released to the Examiner that ... Read More
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Gregg Hall On Lifting Deep Water Drilling Moratorium – Vid
http://PcolaGregg.com
I had to give myself a couple of days to make this video because I was too angry with the government and MSM and more than frustrated with the lack of support from groups and organizations that SHOULD be all over this.
. I'm not much better today and I am ... Read More
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BP contract worker: If cleanup crews TOUCHED seawater while on beach, “clothes were THROWN AWAY” & “you’re not here anymore” (VIDEO)
BP Contract Worker “Trenches Dug To Bury Oil On Beaches”, pcolagregg, October 8, 2010:
From a recently released BP Contract Worker who worked from Panama City to the Florida Alabama Line.
We were on the beach… If the water hit your shoe you had to be contaminated… that means… ... Read More
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Floating sand washing ashore in Mississippi — “Muratic acid-like smell” (VIDEO)
Frothy, Funky, Foam, deniselngbch (Long Beach, MS), October 10, 2010:
The title says it all…that awful dispersed oil and foam and the horrible stench of that muratic acid like smell that makes your tongue and senses numb were prevalent today.
More reports of floating sand:
More reports of Corexit-linked “FLOATING SAND” ... Read More
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Gulf human rights worker Lorrie Williams chemical bombed (video)
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Human rights citizen reporter of Gulf coast atrocities from Ocean Springs has reported one hour ago that her home was sprayed by a low-flying plane tonight. She reported severe reactions to the poisoning and it is unknown what condition she, her family and other area residents are in.
Lorrie Williams has ... Read More
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GULF BLUE PLAGUE: A LETHAL DOSE OF ARSENIC AND LIES (Part III)
Posted On 13 Oct 2010 By sitfu.com. Under Uncategorized.
Source: http://worldvisionportal.org/wvpforum/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=1018
By Michael Edward
Gulf of Mexico coastal residents are civilian casualties of a chemical and biological warfare. We have most of the same toxins in our blood and we share the same symptoms experienced by soldiers who survived and died after exposure to debilitating and deadly chemicals in the European ... Read More
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Evidence Points To DIFFERENT Well Being Capped
Houston, We Have A HUGE Problem ! ! ! (BP America is headquartered in Houston, TX)
Posted on August 29, 2010 by concernedcitizensofflorida
Compelling Evidence Points To A Different Well Being Capped
What would the world say, if the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico that gushed for 87 days, ... Read More
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BP Mercenaries Now Applying Corexit At Night
Gulf Chemist: Mercenaries Hired By BP Are Now Applying Toxic Dispersant - at Night and In an Uncontrolled Manner - Which BP Says It No Longer Uses
Bob Naman is an analytical chemist with almost 30 years in the field, based in Mobile, Alabama.
When WKRG News 5 gave Naman samples of ... Read More
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Florida Family Has 50.3 PPM Of Corexit’s 2-butoxyethanol
*Exclusive* Credit: FloridaOilSpillLaw.com
“Our heads are still swimming,” stated Barbara Schebler of Homosassa, Florida, who received word last Friday that test results on the water from her family’s swimming pool showed 50.3 ppm of 2-butoxyethanol, a marker for the dispersant Corexit 9527A used to break up and sink BP’s oil ... Read More
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Hundreds of black blobs start leaking from the top of BP’s well (VIDEO)
Live feed from Oly — ROV 2, August 30, 2010 at 11:30 a.m. EDT:
Black bubbles rise from the capping stack on top of the BOP.
Skip to 0:25 seconds in:
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Has Yet Another BP/Fed Fraud Been Perpetrated?
Diagrams of the Sinking of the Deepwater Horizon (Macondo Prospect) Proposed by BK Lim
And What They Represent Concerning The Well In Question & BP Narrative
BK Lim has done it again. He presents here an alarming analysis of the events prior to and after the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon on ... Read More
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Gulf Sub-Surface Oil Heads East, May Surface – Vid
According to CNN‘s report ‘Plumes of Gulf oil spreading east on sea floor,’ University of South Florida researchers found oil on the seafloor “all along their way” during a 10-day mission that did get much closer than 25 miles from the BP blowout.
Scientists are now suggesting that the naturally occurring ... Read More
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Scientists Rage Over Disappearing Oil Act Scam – Vid
MSNBC: Feds receive “tremendous pushback from scientific community” over orchestrated ‘disappearing oil’ act
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Shrimpers find buried oil on seafloor (VIDEO)
SUMMARY
No oil has leaked from the broken Gulf well since July, and the federal government is reopening some waters for fishing. But some fishermen are split over whether to start trawling the waters again when there may be a risk of seafood being contaminated with oil and dispersants. Tom Bearden ... Read More
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Obama uses daughter, 9, for publicity stunt in Gulf
NO PRESS ALLOWED! ONLY ONE WHITE HOUSE-ISSUED PHOTO.
The press was forbidden to watch Barack Obama frolicking around in the water...why?
Obama uses his daughter, 9, to promote tourism with swim in Gulf of Mexico... where they stayed just 26 hoursd
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1303244/Obama-uses-daughter-promote-tourism-swim-Gulf-Mexico.html#ixzz0wn1WD4H2 ... Read More
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First Family to Travel to Florida’s Coast for about 27 Hours
The President of the United Stated of America & his family will be right where The Worst Disaster in Human History is taking place and will chill for about 27 hours there.
I find it to be insulting, but not surprising.
"You as our president should be operating 24/7 in ... Read More
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Obama Admin, BP Gag Scientist Studying Gulf Damages
In an explosive first-hand account, ecosystem biologist Linda Hooper-Bui describes how Obama administration and BP lawyers are making independent scientific analysis of the Gulf region an impossibility. Hooper-Bui has found that only scientists who are part of the Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) process to determine BP’s civil liability get ... Read More
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Matthew Simmons: “We’ve Now Killed The Gulf Of Mexico”
Matthew Simmons, founder of the Ocean Energy Institute, talks with Bloomberg's Mark Crumpton, Lizzie O'Leary and Julie Hyman about BP Plc's oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Obama To Blame For Suicide Of Gulf Boat Capt?
President Obama was last night under fire on several fronts as he was personally 'blamed' for the suicide of a fisherman who is believed to have killed himself over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Allen Kruse, 55, shot himself in the head after seeing the charter boat business he ran ... Read More
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Methane In Gulf Waters 1 Million Times Normal
As much as 1 million times the normal level of methane gas has been found in some regions near the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, enough to potentially deplete oxygen and create a dead zone, U.S. scientists said on Tuesday.
In some areas, the crew of 12 scientists found concentrations that ... Read More
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If The Methane From The Gulf Explodes – Vid
History Channel "Mega Disasters" series. This explores the controversial paper published by Northwestern University's Gregory Ryskin. His thesis: the oceans periodically produce massive eruptions of explosive methane gas... enough to cause global catastrophe on a regular basis!
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Containment cap back in place, siphoning oil, BP says
The cap was removed Wednesday morning after an undersea robot accidentally bumped a vent on the device, shutting it off and forcing the company to remove it at 9:45 a.m.
BP said the device was reinstalled and functioning again by 8 p.m.
The delay in containment efforts came after a day of ... Read More
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Deadly fumes over Florida possible with Agatha’s arrival
Deadly fumes over Florida possible with Agatha's arrival
Full story - http://theweatherspace.com/news/06-01...
Tropical Storm Agatha is heading towards the State of Florida, according to weather models at the National Hurricane Center.
As it moves near the area it is quite possible it will enhance deadly fumes across the state from the oil in ... Read More
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NASA Image Of Oil Slick Moving Over Entire Gulf
Oil Slick in the Gulf of Mexico
download large image (10 MB, JPEG) acquired June 19, 2010
// On Saturday, June 19, 2010, oil spread northeast from the leaking Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil appears as a maze of silvery-gray ribbons in this photo-like ... Read More
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Toxic Gulf Rain Already Destroying US Crops – Vid
Toxic Oil Spill Rains Warned Could Destroy North America, Gulf of Mexico
Toxic Oil Spill Rains Warned Could Destroy North America
Corexit 9500 molecules will be able to "phase transition" from their present liquid to a gaseous state allowing them to be absorbed into clouds and allowing their release as "toxic rain" ... Read More
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White House defends Obama’s golfing outing, says president needs time to ‘clear his mind’
Needs time to 'clear his mind'? Seriously?! The Worst Disaster in the History of the World is taking place and he needs to play golf to clear his fucking mind...are you fucking kidding me!!!?? That sounds like some baby shit. At least he could clear his mind in private. It's ... Read More
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First dead whale found – BP Oil Gusher
Over the last weeks, the carcasses of oily pelicans, turtles and other animals have washed to shore in the Gulf of Mexico. Now the first dead whale has been found — a juvenile sperm whale floating 77 miles from the leaking oil well.
more ... Read More
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Nigeria has oil spill that’s been going on for over 50 years!
BP has said again and again that it will cover the costs of cleaning up its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But away from the cameras, thousands in the Niger Delta, continue to battle for any compensation from numerous oil spills. Yvonne Ndege reports on the legal battle ... Read More
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Some Things Are Hard To Prove Even With Proof – Don’t Let Our Poisoned Gulf Be Another Such Enigma
Some Things Are Hard To
Prove Even With Proof
Don't Let Our Poisoned Gulf Be Another Such Enigma
By J. Speer-Williams
6-17-10
Some called him Cassius, refusing to call him, Muhammad; while others demonstrated their liberalism by refusing to use what Muhammad Ali said was his slave name Cassius Clay.
In any case, at breakfast, at ... Read More
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Ocean currents likely to carry oil to Atlantic
Posted On 16 Jun 2010 By sitfu.com. Under Information.
A detailed computer modeling study released today indicates that oil from the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico might soon extend along thousands of miles of the Atlantic coast and open ocean as early as this summer (see http://www2.ucar.edu/news/ocean-curre... ). The modeling results are captured in a series of ... Read More
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BP Blocking Media Access? New Orleans Interview
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THOSE WORKERS? This is the biggest disaster in history and they don't want to talk about it. WTF?!
Are they serious? Unfuckinbelievable.
... Read More
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Gulf oil disaster: a trillion-dollar corporate crime
15 June 2010
The oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is a corporate crime whose magnitude almost defies comprehension. The eventual cost—combining damage to complex Gulf and coastal ecosystems, wiping out of the fishing and tourism industries, and long-term health consequences for the population of the region—is likely to total ... Read More
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Deepwater Drilling companies pull up stakes, and some may never return (Greenwire, 06/03/2010)
Walter Oil & Gas Corp. executives were within 9,000 feet of finding out if they would hit oil under the Gulf of Mexico. Now, they don't know if they will ever find out.
The company and its contractors had drilled about 12,000 feet down from a seabed located about 1,200 feet ... Read More
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Scientist Awed by Size, Density of Undersea Oil Plume in Gulf
Vast underwater concentrations of oil sprawling for miles in the Gulf of Mexico from the damaged, crude-belching BP PLC well are unprecedented in "human history" and threaten to wreak havoc on marine life, a team of scientists said today, a finding confirmed for the first time by federal officials.
Researchers aboard ... Read More
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The Conspiracy Chicks – Episode 0.1c – Deepwater Disaster
In this first edition, Ashley and Julie examine the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, the raid on the Gaza aid flotilla, North/South Korea tensions, and more.
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Nuclear Option on Gulf Oil Spill? No Way, U.S. Says
Energy Secretary Steven Chu is not considering a bomb.
The chatter began weeks ago as armchair engineers brainstormed for ways to stop the torrent of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico: What about nuking the well?
Decades ago, the Soviet Union reportedly used nuclear blasts to successfully seal off runaway gas ... Read More
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President Obama to Visit Gulf Again ‘Soon’; White House Discussing Delaying Trip to Indonesia Again
The White House has shown disdain for what officials call the "theatrics" the punditocracy is demanding of the president -- more emoting, more visits to the Gulf, fewer administration spokespeople.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told ABC News: "If the president thought that yelling at the top of his lungs ... Read More
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US military rejects calls to take control of oil spill
US military rejects calls to take control of oil spill
The United States military does not have the technology or the know-how to deal with the devastating oil spill, its highest ranking military officer admitted on Monday night.
By Toby Harnden in Washington and Martin Evans
31 ... Read More
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BP oil spill:death and devastation – and it’s just the start
The White House says the BP oil spill is probably the greatest environmental disaster the US has faced, but the true impact on surrounding ecosystems could take months or even years to emerge. Experts say the unprecedented depth of the spill, combined with the use of chemicals that broke the ... Read More
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Dozens of fish species in danger in US oil leak: expert
Dozens of species of fish including one just discovered six months ago, could be wiped out by the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico that has been spewing crude into the sea for six weeks, a scientist said Monday.
"We may very well lose dozens of vulnerable fish species," ... Read More
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BP Oil Gusher Threatens Alabama, Mississippi Coasts
By John Duce and Eduard Gismatullin
June 1 (Bloomberg) -- Oil from the biggest spill in U.S. history could spread this week to threaten the coasts of Mississippi and Alabama, according to a weather forecast that comes as the Atlantic hurricane season officially starts.
Winds from the southwest are predicted this ... Read More
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Day 43: Latest Gulf oil spill updates
Here are the latest developments involving the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico:
Cleanup
– Oil washes ashore on Dauphin Island, an Alabama barrier island, and on Mississippi barrier island Petit Bois, west of Dauphin.
– BP has begun its latest attempt to curtail the flow of oil from the ruptured ... Read More
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DAY 42: The Oil Gusher – ‘No End In Sight’
BOOTHVILLE, La. – There is still a hole in the Earth, crude oil is still spewing from it and there is still, excruciatingly, no end in sight. After trying and trying again, one of the world's largest corporations, backed and pushed by the world's most powerful government, can't stop the ... Read More
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‘OIL COMING UP UNTIL AUGUST’ – U.S. Plans ‘for Worst’ in Gulf
HOUSTON — The Obama administration scrambled to respond on Sunday after the failure of the latest effort to kill the gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. But administration officials acknowledged the possibility that tens of thousands of gallons of oil might continue pouring out until August, when two ... Read More
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Let’s Get Creative! – Jim Kirwan
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Let's Get Creative!
By Jim Kirwan
5-30-10
There is a potentially world-ending nightmare that has begun to make its appearance in The Gulf of Mexico. It began with the explosion of the Deep Water Horizon platform on 4-20-10. Since that happened the major oil companies have failed to come up with any way ... Read More
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What was Halliburton’s role in US oil spill?
Shares in Halliburton, the world's second-largest energy services company once headed by former US vice-president Dick Cheney, slid in trading on Friday, in part because of the new six-month moratorium on offshore drilling projects imposed last week by President Barack Obama.
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Third Oil Leak in Gulf
May 29, 2010
The New York Times today says BP’s “Top Kill” attempt to plug the hole from the exploded Deepwater Horizon oil rig has failed. Meanwhile, scientists have found a third oil leak/plume.
From Washington’s Blog:
AP reported on May 27th that scientists had found a second giant plume deep under the ... Read More
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BP Prepares to Take New Tack on Leak After ‘Top Kill’ Fails
TOP KILL FAILS! BP Press Conference Day 39
NEW ORLEANS — In another serious setback in the effort to stem the flow of oil gushing from a well a mile beneath the Gulf of Mexico, BP engineers said Saturday that the “top kill” technique had failed and, after consultation with government ... Read More
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Oil Threatens Eastern US With ‘Total Destruction’
Dude, toxic rain!!! Are you telling me that the BP Engineers didn't know Corexit 9500 would cause toxic rain.? Get the fuck outta town Charlie Brown! Is BP purposely trying to kill us?
Fri, 28 May 2010
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may have apocalyptic consequences, a report by ... Read More
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BP Buses In 400 Workers During Obama’s Visit
GRAND ISLE, La. --
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Officials from Jefferson Parish claim BP bused 400 cleanup workers into Grand Isle on Friday in time for a visit from President Barack Obama.
Jefferson Parish Councilman John Young said the workers were brought in to clean oil off Grand Isle's beaches.The extra workers were ... Read More
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Barack Obama to ‘take charge’ of Gulf of Mexico oil spill
President Barack Obama returns to the Gulf of Mexico coast today, insisting he's in charge of efforts to shut down what is now estimated as the worst oil spill in US history.
Mr Obama seized ownership of what he called a "tremendous catastrophe," ... Read More
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‘Top kill’ stops gulf oil leak for now, official says
Officials are cautionary but say drilling fluid has blocked oil and gas temporarily. Engineers plan to begin pumping in cement and then will seal the well.
The U.S. coastguard claims engineers have managed to use mud to stop the flow of oil from the leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico. ... Read More
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Deepwater Horizon – Rig engineers ‘knew oil well could blow’
Robin Pagnamenta, Energy Editor
Engineers on the Deepwater Horizon rig pressed ahead with an operation to plug and cap the well despite a series of clear warnings that pressure inside was surging, according to a memorandum of events leading up to the April 20 blast.
Details of the ... Read More
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A Short Benzene Toxicity Primer –How to Stay Healthy
Posted On 26 May 2010 By sitfu.com. Under Information.
By A. True Ott, PhD
What is unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico is truly a nightmare of epic proportions. Untold
millions (if not billions) of gallons of raw crude oil, mixed with natural gas has been
spewing (not spilling) into the pristine waters of the Gulf of Mexico for over a month. ... Read More
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BP begins ‘top kill’ method to try to plug gusher
By GREG BLUESTEIN and MIKE BAKER, Associated Press Writer Greg Bluestein And Mike Baker, Associated Press Writer
COVINGTON, La. – BP on Wednesday launched its latest bid to plug the gushing well in the Gulf of Mexico by force-feeding it heavy drilling ... Read More
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Disaster must be catalyst for change, says Jean-Michel Cousteau
Jean-Michel Cousteau on BP Oil Disaster: "We are All Responsible; Stop Talking, Take Action"
Jacqui Goddard
Jean-Michel Cousteau, one of the world’s leading ocean explorers, has spoken of his “frustration at the human species” over the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster and called for it to become ... Read More
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24 Miles Of Louisiana Is Destroyed: “Everything In It Is Dead”
After the BP oil spill last month, BP speculated that the damage was minimal, relatively speaking. A picture is worth a thousand words as they say:
Don’t they owe us something here? They could start by being honest with us.
Firedoglake reports:
A live video feed of the oil gusher in the ... Read More
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How Dummies Respond to Oil Spills
Posted On 25 May 2010 By sitfu.com. Under Entertainment.
The Dummies perform a rap with their favorite fair and balanced messages.
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States hit by oil spill prepare to seize control of botched clean-up
Jacqui Goddard, Miami
Fury over the handling of the BP oil disaster intensified yesterday as state officials challenged federal authorities, accusing them of bureaucratic fumbling and betrayal as the slick took over 65 miles of Louisiana coastline.
Even as the oil company continued to ... Read More
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BP says doing all it can, everyone’s frustrated
May 24
By GREG BLUESTEIN and MATTHEW BROWN
Associated Press Writers
BARATARIA BAY, La. (AP) - The executive in charge of fighting a Gulf of Mexico oil spill acknowledged Monday everyone is frustrated at BP's failure to plug the ocean gusher more than a month into a disaster that is spreading damage in ... Read More
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Louisiana Closing Beaches After Thick Oil Washes Ashore – BP cleanup nowhere in sight!
11 Days Before BP "ACCIDENT" Halliburton Bought Oil Well Disaster Control Company! *Amazing* Dick Cheney (former Halliburton CEO) seems to be the common denominator in this disaster. Blogger Connects Dots and Finds Arrow Pointing to the ex-VP. Cheney's highly classified energy task force was responsible for the fact "that the ... Read More
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Active Oil Platforms in the Gulf of Mexico – Damn!
Contributed by ontheway (Editor)
At the time of writing this post, a two-tonne plug is being lowered in to the Gulf of Mexico, in an attempt to stop one of the largest oil leaks in history. Mint has the blog post.
In Washington this week, the blame game began, as executives of ... Read More
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Anger mounts as oil blackens Louisiana coast
Anger was mounting as heavy oil blackened Louisiana's marshes and beaches and efforts to cap the oil which has been gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for more than a month met with more delays.
Initially scheduled to begin on Sunday, BP's latest attempt to cap a leak in a ruptured ... Read More
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BP refuses EPA order to switch to less-toxic oil dispersant
Oil washes ashore on 50 miles of Louisiana shoreline as tensions mount over how to treat the spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Terrance Castle of Houma, La., wipes off sweat while cleaning up the oil on a beach near ElmerÂs Island, La. BP hired workers to clean beaches in southern ... Read More
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Dispersants Make Fishermen, Cleanup Workers Sick
Gary Burris, a fisherman in coastal Louisiana, has become severely ill from inhaling fumes during response work following the Deepwater Horizon disaster and claims many more have become sick but hesitate to come forward for fear of losing their only remaining source of revenue.
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A month in, outrage over Gulf oil spill grows
May 21
By KEVIN McGILL and VICKI SMITH
GRAND ISLE, La. (AP) - Thick, sticky oil crept deeper into delicate marshes of the Mississippi Delta, an arrival dreaded for a month since the crude started spewing into the Gulf, as anger and frustration mounted over efforts to plug the gusher from a ... Read More
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