TagsTagsAn AP news alert just popped up on my iPhone, saying that BP has made a deal with the White House to set up a $20 billion fund for victims of the Gulf oil spill. UPDATE at 6/16/10 10:06:27 am: More details from Jake Tapper on Twitter: BP agrees on preliminary basis ...
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Here’s a thread to discuss President Obama’s much-anticipated speech on the BP oil spill, beginning in about one minute.
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The New York Daily News quotes a British Petroleum contract worker who says BP has specifically prohibited cleanup workers from taking any pictures of dead and dying animals: Dying, dead marine wildlife paint dark, morbid picture of Gulf Coast following oil spill. Here’s what President Obama didn’t see when he visited ...
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As BP makes another attempt to stop the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico (this time it’s a “top kill”), here’s their live video feed from the ROV monitoring the damaged riser a mile under the surface. (In WMV format.) [Video]
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Horrific footage from the Gulf of Mexico, as ABC News sends divers into the thick of the BP oil spill. [Video]
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A family of dolphins swims desperately beneath the BP oil spill, in one heart-breaking photo out of many from The Big Picture at Boston.com: Disaster unfolds slowly in the Gulf of Mexico.
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An article by Janet Raloff at ScienceNews suggests the disturbing possibility that the BP oil spill disaster may have been made much worse by an ill-considered rush to put out the fire. Next week, Congress will have its chance to grill oil-industry officials, when a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee ...
Oil, Offshore Drilling, disaster, Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum, BP