EPA says 1 million gallons of oil spilled in Michigan river
Tim Martin Associated Press Federal officials now estimate that more than 1 million gallons (3.8 million liters) of oil may have spilled into a major…
Disaster
Geochemist in Gulf says “When it rains, a lot of junk comes down from the particulate”
Florida Oil Spill Law Geochemist featured on PBS Newshour reports hydrocarbon remnants raining down near oil disaster University of California Santa Barbara scientist and marine…
BP Hires Prison Labor to Clean Up Spill While Coastal Residents Struggle
Abe Louise Young The Nation In the first few days after BP’s Deepwater Horizon wellhead exploded, spewing crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, cleanup…
Ocean Energy Institute Founder Says New Hurricane Will Require Gulf Evacuation
Kurt Nimmo InfoWars The U.S. National Hurricane Center has warned that a weather system near Cuba, centered between islands of Acklins and Great Inagua, may…
Gulf Oil Seep: Methane, Leak Suspected Near BP’s Blown Out Oil Well
Huffington Post NEW ORLEANS (Associated Press))- A federal official said Sunday that scientists are concerned about a seep and possible methane seen near BP’s busted…
BP buys up Gulf scientists for legal defense, roiling academic community
Ben Raines Press-Register For the last few weeks, BP has been offering signing bonuses and lucrative pay to prominent scientists from public universities around the…
BP dispersant likened to ‘Agent Orange’
PressTV BP’s use of chemicals to disperse the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill has become a source of concern for the US, with lawmakers…
NOAA Hoarding Key Data On Oil Spill Damage
Dan Froomkin Huffington Post The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is hoarding vast amounts of raw data that independent marine researchers say could help both…
Citizen Video: Before and After Pensacola Beach Gulf Oil Spill
“They Just Don’t Know Who They’re Messing With”
Kate Sheppard Mother Jones If you’ve been reading Mother Jones lately, you’ve heard about BP’s stranglehold on media access in the Gulf, which has included…
Gulf Oil Still Gushing After Cap Efforts Suddenly Halted
Associated Press NEW ORLEANS – The plan to start choking off oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico was suddenly halted as government officials and…
Where Are the Respirators?
Kate Sheppard Mother Jones Progressive groups and fisherman are attacking the Obama administration for not protecting cleanup workers in the Gulf from hazardous oil and…
BP to cut payments on 40,000 claims of individuals affected by oil spill, cites paperwork problems
Meena Hartenstein NY Daily News BP‘s latest move isn’t going to win the beleaguered oil giant any popularity points. As oil continues to spew into…
Doomsday: How BP Gulf Disaster May Have Triggered “World-Killing” Event
Terrance Aym Helium How to Save a Dying Ocean Ominous reports are leaking past the BP Gulf salvage operation news blackout that the disaster unfolding…