Dying, dead marine wildlife paint dark, morbid picture of Gulf Coast following oil spill
"When we found this dolphin it was filled with oil. Oil was just pouring out of it. It was the saddest darn thing to look at," said a BP contract worker who took the Daily News on a surreptitious tour of the wildlife disaster unfolding in Louisiana.
http://tinyurl.com/2c85pw4
BP Oil Leak May Last Until Christmas
BP Plc's failure since April to plug a Gulf of Mexico oil leak has prompted forecasts the crude may continue gushing into December in what President Barack Obama has called the greatest environmental disaster in U.S. history.
http://tinyurl.com/2f9hgr2
BP paid for officials' meals, airfare and polar bear trip
The embattled oil and gas giant BP paid for a slew of travel and dining arrangements for senior government officials in the years leading up to the massive oil leak in the Gulf. Critics say BP got too close with regulators, neutering the government's safety watchdogs.
http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0603/bp-paid-officials-meals-airfare-polar-bear-trip/
Goldman Sachs sold $250 million of BP stock before spill
Firm's stock sale nearly twice as large as any other institution; Represented 44 percent of total BP investment.
http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0602/month-oil-spill-goldman-sachs-sold-250-million-bp-stock/
LIVE CAM: Cap collects some Gulf oil; crude washes into Florida
Waves of gooey tar balls crashed into the white sands of the Florida Panhandle on Friday as BP engineers adjusted a sophisticated cap over the Gulf oil gusher, trying to collect the crude.
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/jun/03/live-cam-bp-trying-put-lid-gulf-oil-gusher/?partner=popular
From Information Clearing House
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How to blame Obama for the Gulf spill
The American Prospect
by Tim Fernholz
06/02/10
With the disappointing news that the latest attempt — the evocatively named ‘top kill’ — to seal the leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has failed, political pressure on President Barack Obama has increased. It’s important, though, to understand how the government failed if we want to hold the administration accountable in the right way. Calls for the president to do more — personified by James Carville’s ranting or Maureen Dowd asking the president to emote more — seem designed to encourage theater rather than fix the mess. The problem with these critiques is that in interactions between government and business, the government’s responsibility is before-the-fact, not after. Obama can be faulted for failing to make corner-cutting BP play it safe in the Gulf, but it’s not clear what more he can do to stop the leak...
http://tinyurl.com/28uac7j
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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‘Shocking images of oil-drenched birds in Louisiana’
[*Newsweek* said Thursday that BP and the Coast Guard are making efforts to “prevent news photographers from surveying the catastrophe” in the Gulf of Mexico.[1] -- “Last night, though, Associated Press photographer Charles Reidel captured these images of pelicans and other birds struggling in the surf of Grand Terre Island, La., one of the shore lines closest to the spill.” --Mark]
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9693/
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Oil's Gruesome Toll on Wildlife Slowly Emerging
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/04
Will America Learn the Lesson from the Deepwater Horizon Disaster?
http://act.commondreams.org/go/895?akid=74.124981.LBdvuZ&t=18
Is Gov. Jindal More Concerned about the Oil Companies?
http://act.commondreams.org/go/896?akid=74.124981.LBdvuZ&t=20
Oil Spill Could Bring Mass Extinction to the Gulf Coast
http://act.commondreams.org/go/899?akid=74.124981.LBdvuZ&t=26
BP Plays the Influence Game: $19.5 Million, 49 Lobbyists Since 2009
http://act.commondreams.org/go/907?akid=74.124981.LBdvuZ&t=42
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Endangered Species Act: Noah's Ark or Titanic?
Craig Collins, Truthout: "It's heart breaking and enraging to witness the toxic assault being visited upon the wildlife and the people of the Gulf. Heart-breaking because, as a SCUBA diver, I have come to cherish the awe-inspiring world that lives beneath the sea; and I have no doubt that the carnage we're witnessing along the shores pales in comparison to the unseen catastrophe unfolding beneath the waves. Enraging because the toxic assault being visited upon the wildlife and coastal communities of the Gulf could have been prevented."
http://www.truthout.org/esa-noahs-ark-or-titanic60126
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Big+Oil
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=British+Petroleum
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Goldman+Sachs
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=lobbyists
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=oil+spill
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=drilling
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Tim+Fernholz
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sarah+Laskow
http://tinyurl.com/2c85pw4
BP Oil Leak May Last Until Christmas
BP Plc's failure since April to plug a Gulf of Mexico oil leak has prompted forecasts the crude may continue gushing into December in what President Barack Obama has called the greatest environmental disaster in U.S. history.
http://tinyurl.com/2f9hgr2
BP paid for officials' meals, airfare and polar bear trip
The embattled oil and gas giant BP paid for a slew of travel and dining arrangements for senior government officials in the years leading up to the massive oil leak in the Gulf. Critics say BP got too close with regulators, neutering the government's safety watchdogs.
http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0603/bp-paid-officials-meals-airfare-polar-bear-trip/
Goldman Sachs sold $250 million of BP stock before spill
Firm's stock sale nearly twice as large as any other institution; Represented 44 percent of total BP investment.
http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0602/month-oil-spill-goldman-sachs-sold-250-million-bp-stock/
LIVE CAM: Cap collects some Gulf oil; crude washes into Florida
Waves of gooey tar balls crashed into the white sands of the Florida Panhandle on Friday as BP engineers adjusted a sophisticated cap over the Gulf oil gusher, trying to collect the crude.
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/jun/03/live-cam-bp-trying-put-lid-gulf-oil-gusher/?partner=popular
From Information Clearing House
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How to blame Obama for the Gulf spill
The American Prospect
by Tim Fernholz
06/02/10
With the disappointing news that the latest attempt — the evocatively named ‘top kill’ — to seal the leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has failed, political pressure on President Barack Obama has increased. It’s important, though, to understand how the government failed if we want to hold the administration accountable in the right way. Calls for the president to do more — personified by James Carville’s ranting or Maureen Dowd asking the president to emote more — seem designed to encourage theater rather than fix the mess. The problem with these critiques is that in interactions between government and business, the government’s responsibility is before-the-fact, not after. Obama can be faulted for failing to make corner-cutting BP play it safe in the Gulf, but it’s not clear what more he can do to stop the leak...
http://tinyurl.com/28uac7j
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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‘Shocking images of oil-drenched birds in Louisiana’
[*Newsweek* said Thursday that BP and the Coast Guard are making efforts to “prevent news photographers from surveying the catastrophe” in the Gulf of Mexico.[1] -- “Last night, though, Associated Press photographer Charles Reidel captured these images of pelicans and other birds struggling in the surf of Grand Terre Island, La., one of the shore lines closest to the spill.” --Mark]
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9693/
--------
Oil's Gruesome Toll on Wildlife Slowly Emerging
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/04
Will America Learn the Lesson from the Deepwater Horizon Disaster?
http://act.commondreams.org/go/895?akid=74.124981.LBdvuZ&t=18
Is Gov. Jindal More Concerned about the Oil Companies?
http://act.commondreams.org/go/896?akid=74.124981.LBdvuZ&t=20
Oil Spill Could Bring Mass Extinction to the Gulf Coast
http://act.commondreams.org/go/899?akid=74.124981.LBdvuZ&t=26
BP Plays the Influence Game: $19.5 Million, 49 Lobbyists Since 2009
http://act.commondreams.org/go/907?akid=74.124981.LBdvuZ&t=42
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Endangered Species Act: Noah's Ark or Titanic?
Craig Collins, Truthout: "It's heart breaking and enraging to witness the toxic assault being visited upon the wildlife and the people of the Gulf. Heart-breaking because, as a SCUBA diver, I have come to cherish the awe-inspiring world that lives beneath the sea; and I have no doubt that the carnage we're witnessing along the shores pales in comparison to the unseen catastrophe unfolding beneath the waves. Enraging because the toxic assault being visited upon the wildlife and coastal communities of the Gulf could have been prevented."
http://www.truthout.org/esa-noahs-ark-or-titanic60126
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Big+Oil
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=British+Petroleum
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Goldman+Sachs
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=lobbyists
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=oil+spill
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=drilling
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Tim+Fernholz
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sarah+Laskow
rudkla - 4. Jun, 06:13
