100 Days Since the BP Gulf Oil Disaster Began, NOLA Natives Explain Disaster is Not Over

By: Friday July 30, 2010 8:36 am

One hundred days after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded creating the worst environmental disaster in the world’s history, those who live down along the Gulf coast in the areas that have been most impacted are standing strong and reminding the world that, while the well gushing oil may have been capped and while BP CEO Tony Hayward may be going to Siberia, the disaster is not over.

BP Spokesman: No Need for Respirators; CNN Breathes a Sigh of Relief

By: Saturday June 26, 2010 11:21 pm

A fisherman’s wife sees behind the scene’s PR tricks of BP. CNN could have revealed these same tricks to viewers, but fish don’t discover water. They are oblivious to the standard deception that an “uneducated housewife” reveals. The media need stories like this because they don’t see their job as pressing the corporations. However they will reporting on other people pressing the corporations.

Obama Declines Making BP Pay, Picks Betrayer of 9/11 Families to Push Gulf Families Around

By: Thursday June 17, 2010 1:22 am

Obama Declines Making BP Pay, Picks Betrayer of 9/11 Families to Push Gulf Families Around — by NormanB (“Deviations from the Norm”)

BP Says “NO” to EPA on Switching Dispersants: Who’s in Charge?

By: Saturday May 22, 2010 10:07 am

We’re about to find out how this “BP is responsible for the spill and cleanup, but we’re responsible for oversight” concept works, because BP is apparently defying the Environmental Protection Agency’s order to find and use a different, less toxic and more effective dispersant.

Biden-Clinton Ally Makes BILLIONS On So-Called “CleanUp;” Oil Spill Looks Intentional

By: Monday May 17, 2010 9:27 am

Biden-Clinton Ally Makes BILLIONS On So-Called “CleanUp;” Oil Spill Looks Intentional — by NormanB (“Deviations from the Norm”)

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