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http://act.commondreams.org/go/480?akid=49.124981.Q4cTEe&t=16

Don't-Drill-Baby-Don't-Drill
http://act.commondreams.org/go/485?akid=49.124981.Q4cTEe&t=26

Environmental Groups: As Gulf of Mexico Spill Worsens, Groups Challenge Shell's Air Permits to Drill in the Arctic

http://act.commondreams.org/go/488?akid=49.124981.Q4cTEe&t=32

Project On Government Oversight: MMS Understated Scale and Impact of Oil Spills in Five-Year Plan

http://act.commondreams.org/go/489?akid=49.124981.Q4cTEe&t=34

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BP warned of rig fault ten years ago

In June 2000, the oil giant issued a "notice of default" to Transocean, the operator of the rig that blew up last month. The dispute was over problems with a blowout preventer, a set of iron slabs that should close out-of-control wells. It failed on the Gulf of Mexico rig, triggering the explosion and oil spill.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article7114087.ece



Matt Simmons: "Theres another leak, much bigger, 5 to 6 miles away

Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDGAoU1H2gM&feature=youtu.be

From Information Clearing House

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BP’s slick greenwashing

Mother Jones
by James Ridgeway

05/04/10

For the last decade, BP has been busily engaged in a multi-million-dollar greenwashing campaign. Changing its name from British Petroleum to BP, the company adopted a new slogan, ‘Beyond Petroleum,’ and began a ‘rebranding’ effort to depict itself as a public-spirited, environmentally sensitive, green energy enterprise, the very model of 21st century corporate responsibility. It’s going to take more than a name change and a clever ad campaign to erase the image of oil spreading across the Gulf Coast from BP’s offshore rig, and dead wildlife washing up onto beaches...

http://tinyurl.com/28lmjtb


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Oil and gas drilling: dangerous? Or done right?
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/676/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=3700

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Slick Operator: The BP I've Known Too Well

Greg Palast, Truthout: "I've seen this movie before. In 1989, I was a fraud investigator hired to dig into the cause of the Exxon Valdez disaster. Despite Exxon's name on that boat, I found the party most to blame for the destruction was ... British Petroleum (BP)."

http://www.truthout.org/slick-operator-the-bp-ive-known-too-well59178



All-Volunteer Wars: Yawn ... How Many Times Have You Seen This Headline?

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com: "After a week away, here's my advice: in news terms, you can afford to take a vacation. When I came back last Sunday, New Orleans was bracing for tough times (again). BP, a drill-baby-drill oil company that made $6.1 billion in the first quarter of this year and lobbied against 'new, stricter safety rules' for offshore drilling, had experienced an offshore disaster for which ordinary Americans are going to pay through the nose (again). News photographers were gearing up for the usual shots of oil-covered wildlife (again)."

http://www.truthout.org/tom-engelhardt-all-volunteer-wars-yawn-how-many-times-have-you-seen-this-headline59190

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The IMF & the Greek Meltdown
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/839.html

Leading Louisiana wetlands scientist fired for speaking the truth
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/854.html



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