Former EPA regional administrator named director of Gulf ecosystem task force
John H. Hankinson Jr. was named executive director of the new Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. President Obama signed...
View ArticleNew BP CEO Bob Dudley Blusters About “Rush to Judgment” by Media and Others;...
It seems BP has another winner in its new chief executive, Bob Dudley, who is blaming news reports and competitive oil companies for a "rush to judgment" – which he claims made the disaster worse. In a...
View Article3-D version of Gulf oil spill is being crafted by Pixar Animation Studios...
The Oil Spill Commission will unveil on Nov. 8 a three-dimensional, computerized depiction by Pixar Animation Studios of how BP's Macondo oil well failed on April 20, resulting in explosions that...
View Article‘The Spill’: Tracing BP’s safety record
Not long after the explosion that resulted in one of the largest oil spills in history in the Gulf of Mexico this spring, the culprit, BP, committed public-relations gaffes, the most disturbingly...
View ArticleDrilling rig inspectors had vast gaps in knowledge, oil spill panel finds
Members of President Barack Obama's Oil Spill Commission said this week that they were shocked to learn during their months of investigation that federal drilling rig inspectors generally know little...
View ArticleShetland drilling could trigger spill worse than BP’s
Chevron has admitted its new deepwater drilling campaign off the Shetland Islands could cause an oil spill worse than BP's accident in the Gulf of Mexico. The US oil giant believes that, in a...
View ArticleDrilling returning to Gulf
With the post-Deepwater Horizon drilling moratorium lifted, new offshore drilling is slowly returning to the Gulf of Mexico at a pace that is expected to gain speed in the near future. "We have...
View ArticleNEW TEST RESULTS: 8 out of 8 Blood Samples from BP Cleanup Workers Test...
Talk about "making it right" is cheap: If you want to know BP's real priorities, look at where the oil giant spends its money. A hundred million plus for its own PR spin, then millions more for...
View ArticleOil Spill Commission Co-Chair Startled By Federal Rig Inspectors’ Lack of...
You'll never believe what federal drilling rig inspectors told President Obama's oil spill commission? Try this from the commission co-chair: "When we asked about cementing and centralizers, they said...
View ArticleProtesters line up outside claim center (VIDEO)
FOLEY, Alabama (WALA) – A few protestors in Foley are trying to build support for a large protest of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility this Friday. They say they deserve answers about their claims and...
View ArticleSecurity zone set up around Deepwater Horizon wreckage
NEW ORLEANS — The federal government has set up a security zone around the wreckage site of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, which lies on the sea floor about 50 miles southeast of the Louisiana...
View ArticleFort McRae oil very toxic to humans
Test results are in for oil material found in Pensacola Bay late last month, and the numbers are frightening. A lab experienced in testing petroleum products determined that the oil’s toxicity levels...
View ArticleIn Gulf Of Mexico, ‘They Are Literally Shrimping In Oil’
Earlier this week, we made note of BP CEO Bob Dudley's complaint that the media, in their routine efforts to document the truth about what was happening in the Gulf of Mexico, had created such a...
View ArticleAnger and Frustration Bubble Over in Gulf: Spill Victims Organize Protests to...
Grassroots protests start small, and we're starting to see them organize around the Gulf over the inefficiencies and frustrations of Ken Feinberg's claims process. WALA-TV out of Mobile is reporting on...
View ArticleInvestigators: Tests warned of cement troubles before BP blowout
WASHINGTON -- Tests performed before the deadly blowout of BP's oil well in the Gulf of Mexico should have raised doubts about the cement used to seal the well, but the company and its cementing...
View ArticleOil Spill Commission finds Halliburton’s cement was unstable, failed several...
National Oil Spill Commission investigators have found that the Halliburton cement used to seal the bottom of BP's wild Gulf well in April was unstable and was used despite multiple failed tests in the...
View ArticleBP and Halliburton Knew Well Cement Was Unstable; U.S. Rep. Markey: “The fact...
Anyone doubting that criminal investigations are appropriate for the BP spill has to be reconsidering in light of the bombshell revelations that officials at both Halliburton and BP knew the cement was...
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