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Category Archives: gulf oil spill
101 Days of spilling oil and leaking hope
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Polly Bennett. It’s been 101 days since April 20, 2010, the day the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded and the Macondo well began gushing oil into the water. After … Continue reading
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Tony Hayward leaving makes no difference
Reports today say that Tony Hayward, CEO of BP, will step down at the end of October and become, instead, the head of a Russian project the company is overseeing. He’ll remain on the corporate board. This is dangerous in … Continue reading
Oil Spill Lesson: Scientists are a limited commodity
Skytruth / Flickr: Creative Commons 2.0 Andrew Leonard has a nice, brief write-up about how BP has been trying to recruit marine biologists and other scientists from Southern universities to help with its legal case. He also cites a Huffington … Continue reading
Further oil spill updates: A new delay in containment
At the risk of bucking the trend of ignoring the Gulf Oil spill, I thought maybe today would be a nice day for a recap. Apparently, so did BP, since they’re about to close the vents on their new containment … Continue reading
Is BP lawyer Jamie Gorelick evil?
Matt Yglesias points out that there’s just no shame anymore in Washington, which is how some folks have ended up working for BP: We could live in a world where if you show up at a party full of not-so-close … Continue reading
A Timeline of Oil Spill Action and Estimates
Today the government announced that the spill rate in the Gulf of Mexico may actually be 60,000 barrels (2.5 million gallons) a day. This is the same figure that BP CEO Tony Hayward told Congress was the “worst case” figure … Continue reading
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The Gulf Oil Spill: Now worse than the worst-case scenario
U.S. Coast Guard Photo / Creative Commons 2.0 Last week, I talked a little about how inconceivable the amount of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico was. Turns out it’s now twice as inconceivable. Take it away, New York … Continue reading
Officials: Oil Spill Cleanup Will Take Years
Congratulations, new graduates and next generations. This year, we, your elders, have decided to get you the gift that keeps on giving: an oil spill mess in the Gulf of Mexico that is so big and has been so badly … Continue reading
Top Kill may be a failure, after all
So BP is now saying its Top Kill procedure was not, perhaps, the success that Admiral Thad Allen was earlier declaring it. Despite a couple of tries at this junk shot1 business, where they try to fill the gap with … Continue reading
