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Feds Let BP Avoid Filing Blowout Plan For Gulf Oil Rig - 0 views

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    "BP didn't file a plan to specifically handle a major oil spill from an uncontrolled blowout at its Deepwater Horizon project because the federal agency that regulates offshore rigs changed its rules two years ago to exempt certain projects in the central Gulf region"
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More Depressing News About the BP Oil Spill - Government Accountability Project - 1 views

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  • avivajazz jazzaviva on 14 May 10
     
    Experts estimate the BP #oilspill gushes between 56,000 barrels to 84,000 barrels a day. 70,000 barrels x 4 days = 1 Exxon Valdez.
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Gulf Spill Could be Much More Severe; It's Underestimated, Scientists Say | NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • avivajazz jazzaviva on 14 May 10
     
    Scientists also criticize BP for refusing to use well-known scientific techniques that would give a more precise figure. BP claims that the the huge black plume of oil gushing at great speed and force (in video released after much WH / media pressure) CANNOT be measured. Bullpucky! The leak is easily 4-5X larger than 5,000 barrels/day originally estimated.
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Multinational Monitor | The 10 Worst Corporations of 2005 | BP (British Petroleum) - 0 views

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    BP also appeared on the 2000 list...
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How BP Works Washington - Newsweek.com - 0 views

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    "How British oil giant BP used all the political muscle money can buy to fend off regulators and influence investigations into corporate neglect."
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t r u t h o u t | Slick Operator: The BP I've Known Too Well - 0 views

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    Americans want government off our backs ... that is, until a folding crib crushes the skull of our baby, Toyota accelerators speed us to our death, banks blow our savings on gambling sprees and crude oil smothers the Mississippi. Then, suddenly, it's, "Where was hell was the government? Why didn't the government do something to stop it?"
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MMS Allowed Drilling Without Permits, Pressured Scientists to Suppress Safety / Environ... - 0 views

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    The federal Minerals Management Service gave permission to BP and dozens of other oil companies to drill in the Gulf of Mexico without first getting required permits from another agency that assesses threats to endangered species - and despite strong warnings from that agency about the impact the drilling was likely to have on the gulf.
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What the BP spill reveals about U.S. democracy | SocialistWorker.org - 0 views

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  • avivajazz jazzaviva on 25 May 10
     
    "...big business has cemented an unholy alliance with big government against the interests of ordinary Americans, who, of course, are the great majority of Americans. The great majority of Americans no longer matter."
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BP And Goldman Sachs: Gambling With Your Money | Media Matters Action Network - 0 views

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    "Both companies gambled, both companies lost, and both companies expect the taxpayer to clean up their mess."
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Who Pays For The Oil Cleanup? | The New Republic - 0 views

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shared by avivajazz jazzaviva on 04 May 10 - Cached
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    Big, wealthy oil companies like BP are usually expected to pay to the cleanup costs themselves. But that still leaves the cost of all the indirect damage to fisheries and wildlife habitats in the area. In that case, under current law, an offshore rig operator is liable for up to $75 million in damages. After that, the federal government picks up the tab, using an oil spill liability trust fund that's paid for by a tiny tax on oil (amounting to one-tenth of 1 percent of the price).
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Regulation of Oil Drilling? Ha! Too Busy Smoking Pot, Humping Prostitutes, with BP Exec... - 0 views

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    Conservatives have dubbed the spill "Obama's Katrina." But the roots of the disaster, which could potentially have been prevented by enhanced safety measures, stretch back to the George W. Bush years. During that era, Interior became a revolving door haven for industry lobbyists. MMS developed a hands-off approach to regulation and was known for its deference to the companies it was supposed to be policing.
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Leaked Report: U.S. Government Predicts BP Oil Spill May Become an Unchecked Gusher - 0 views

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    A confidential government report on the unfolding spill disaster in the Gulf makes clear the Coast Guard now fears the well could readily become an unchecked gusher shooting millions of gallons of oil per day into the Gulf. 
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More Offshore Drilling Exempted From Regulations | The Seminal - 0 views

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shared by avivajazz jazzaviva on 10 May 10 - Cached
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    27 waivers or exemptions from in-depth environmental studies were given to Gulf Coast oil companies...AFTER the BP oil spill in April 2010? Does anyone know what these 27 waivers consisted of? Were they substantive, either individually, or as a whole? What agency or agencies granted them?
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