Posts Tagged ‘British Petroleum’

Oil Mob Wins in Appeals Court

Filed under: Disaster | Energy | Environment — by Will Kirkland 07/8/2010 @ 7:05:12 PM
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Very very curious.  The Obama attempt at a moratorium did not affect any of the up-and-running 3,000 platforms in production — only 33 exploratory sites.  Yet a three judge Federal … [Keep reading >>]

The Market is Responsible for The Catastrophe — Not the Individual Shoppers

Filed under: Disaster | Energy | Environment — by Will Kirkland 06/15/2010 @ 8:13:01 PM
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I have some sympathy for the claim made by commentators in recent days that we all bear responsibility for the oil disaster in the Gulf.  We enjoy a life created … [Keep reading >>]

BP’s 8 Dumbest Mistakes

Filed under: Disaster | Energy | Environment — by David Harris 06/14/2010 @ 6:04:52 PM
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This comes from Reader Supported News, a good consolidator of front page topics.
It is now clear that the disastrous Deepwater Horizon oil spill was eminently preventable. And even since the … [Keep reading >>]

Ahab and the Gulf

Filed under: Books | Economy | Energy | Environment — by Will Kirkland 06/13/2010 @ 11:22:20 AM
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Anyone who’s been around me these last weeks will testify to my mini obsession with what Moby Dick has to tell us about the Great Gulf Oil Vomiting of 2010.  I’ve … [Keep reading >>]

Oil Chokes

Filed under: Disaster | Energy | Environment — by Will Kirkland 06/12/2010 @ 10:26:07 AM
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[caption id="attachment_26496" align="aligncenter" width="550" caption="A clean-up worker picks up blobs of oil with absorbent snare on Queen Bess Island at the mouth of Barataria Bay near the Gulf of Mexico ... [Keep reading >>]

Costner Centrifuge to Appear by August in the Gulf?

Filed under: Disaster | Energy | Environment | Science & Technology — by Will Kirkland 06/11/2010 @ 11:42:09 AM
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I’ve been scanning the news everyday since Costner’s device first hit the attention scoop a few weeks ago.  This article doesn’t actually say that 32 devices are to be deployed, … [Keep reading >>]

A Fatal First Error on the Gulf Rig

Filed under: Disaster | Energy | Environment — by Bob Whitson 06/9/2010 @ 3:03:07 PM
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I heard the other day an interview with Mike Miller, a long time oil-fire-blowup expert, and not just in academia. His crew from SafetyBoss took the lead in extinguishing … [Keep reading >>]

Oil Spill In Your Backyard

Filed under: Disaster | Energy | Environment — by Joyce Cole 06/8/2010 @ 9:43:17 AM
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See how the oil spill in the gulf would look over your hometown
via In Perspective: Visualizing the BP Oil Disaster. … [Keep reading >>]

Oil Gusher Update

Filed under: Disaster | Energy | Environment — by Will Kirkland 06/7/2010 @ 9:12:13 AM
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It seems that the cap lowered over the gushing BP pipe is collecting some of the stuff. How much of the total is hard to know, since it isn’t … [Keep reading >>]

Jindal: Give Us More Oil!

Filed under: Disaster | Energy | Environment — by Will Kirkland 06/3/2010 @ 8:59:37 PM
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Dear President Obama and Secretary Salazar:

I am writing to express my grave concerns regarding the severe economic impact of a six-month (or longer) suspension of activity at 33 … [Keep reading >>]

Take Charge of Someone Else’s Disaster?

Filed under: Energy | Environment | Obama Administration — by Will Kirkland 06/3/2010 @ 8:34:38 PM
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From TPM — makes sense to me…

Skocpol Responds to Reich on what Obama should do …
I like Bob Reich and consider him a friend, but he is nuts. … [Keep reading >>]

Gulf Oil: Step 13 Underway

Filed under: Disaster | Energy | Environment — by Will Kirkland 06/3/2010 @ 7:58:39 AM
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Well, I don’t know actually how many steps have been taken to stop the oil gusher, but the latest — cutting the jagged, torn end of the pipe so that … [Keep reading >>]

Words for Acts

Perhaps an honest world will never exist. But what's to keep us from dreaming? If each one of us tries to change, maybe we'll succeed.

Rita Atria -- The Sicilian Rebel



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