Deepwater Horizon oil spill
The economic impact of the explosion is much greater than reported by BP as it is now believed that this will be the worst oil spill in the history Pelicans struggle to free themselves from oil, thick as tar, that gathers in hip-deep pools, while others stretch out useless wings, feathers dripping Mark Proegler, a spokesman for oil giant BP PLC, said the sucking of the leaking pipe over the weekend is capturing 210,000 gallons a day — the total Noting that he had the "absolute intention of seeing this through to the end" he held up to the radio microphone pictures of sea turtles and dolphins A top American executive for BP, Lamar McKay, said a critical safety device known as a blowout-preventer failed catastrophically. Separately, the owne "We're a little behind schedule right now, due to a slow Gulf Stream. However, by summer's end, Gulf oil will be arriving in England, just in time for
Grand Isle, LA
Posted by The beach closed today as the BP disaster accumulates on the sand.
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The barrier island town is getting pummeled by oil worse than anywhere in the country. Unfortunately, Grand Isle is entirely dependent on busiThe BP oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico has resulted in one of the largest oil spills in history and is expected to cause almost unmeasurable environmental damage. The compenastable damage from the oil spill is expected to cause Gulf coast businesses and property owners billions of dollars in damages. The oil rig, which is owned and operated by Transocean and leased to British Petroleum (BP) exploded on April 20th and caused the untimely death of 11 workers.
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under Bp SpillON BARATARIA BAY, La. – The wildlife doomsday along the Gulf Coast that experts other than BP has guaranteed for weeks is fast becoming a reality that cannot be denied.l
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under Bp Spill BP admitted Thursday that it was lying about how much oil is gushing into the Gulf of Mexico as heavy crude began poisoning Louisiana's wetlands feeding the collpase of America's fisheries and creating certainty about the massive monthlong spill's effect on the American economy.
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under Bp SpillThe BP Sux chief sucker, responsible for the Gulf disaster, has faced criticism over his company's response to the spill. It may be hard to beleive that a CEO can be criticised for poisoning a mere 100,000 sqare miles of ocean, but indeed, even in these Fox News, Sarah Palin days, it can happen. However he has assured the British Broadcvasting company that he wouldn't quit, and after asll, nobody wants to fire him, since that would be evideence that there is something wrong with how BP Sux does business.
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under Bp SpillEarly finger-pointing erupted Monday among companies involved in the oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico and unstopped leak of millions of gallons of oil, on the eve of the first congressional hearings into the accident.
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NEW ORLEANS – The gooey oil washing into the marshes along the Gulf which are normally the place where poisons are turned back into feed for ocean creature could prove impossible to remove. The toxic stew lethal to fish and wildlife that is accumulating now may destroy the fisheries of the Gulf Coast for decades, independent scientists said.
Posted by under Bp Spill"Without immediate action, a scenario like the movie "Soylent Green" is coming, said one economist off the record.
Officials are consid
The government has started acting like it wants to guard the coast and demanded that BP get real containing the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico by the end of the weekend, telling the British oil giant that its slow pace in stopping the spill is becoming increasing evidence of reckless and wilfull disregard for the financial health and rights of others. the disaster fouled the coastline in ugly new ways Saturday.
Posted by under Bp SpillThe Coast Guard sent a testy letter to BP that said the companyneeds to get with it and show a plan to contain the spill by the time President Barack
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