World-News

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/05/14-8

Gulf Spill Could Be Much Worse Than Believed
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/05/14-2

Public Citizen Urges Boycott of BP
http://act.commondreams.org/go/639?akid=57.124981.MWBjnY&t=38

Greenpeace: Burgeoning Oil Disaster Exposes Need for Immediate Halt to New Offshore Oil
http://act.commondreams.org/go/641?akid=57.124981.MWBjnY&t=42

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Gulf Rig's Owner Invokes 1851 Law to Limit Liability

Scott Hiaasen, Miami Herald: "Transocean, Ltd., the Switzerland-based offshore contractor that owned the Deepwater Horizon floating drilling rig, has asked a federal court in Houston to limit its liability from the oil spill to less than $27 million."

http://www.truthout.org/gulf-rigs-owner-invokes-1851-law-limit-liability59485



The Politics of Disaster: Will Gulf Tragedy Bring Real Change?

Chris Kromm, Facing South: "The disaster has clearly changed the offshore oil debate. After two years of 'drill, baby, drill,' the Obama administration announced just last March that it was opening vast new expenses of water along the Atlantic coast, Gulf of Mexico and north coast of Alaska to oil and gas projects."

http://www.truthout.org/the-politics-disaster-will-gulf-tragedy-bring-real-change59495



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