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More Depressing News About the BP Oil Spill - Government Accountability Project - 1 views

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    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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Jindal wants to erode LA wetlands by dredging sand to build reefs under #oilspill, easi... - 0 views

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    insane plan to choke off other wetlands with toxic mud pies ... 12 dredges already lined up to begin erosion work ... benefits flow to Army Corp of Engineers, engineering/construction contractors, local firms supplying offshore oil drilling
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What the BP spill reveals about U.S. democracy | SocialistWorker.org - 0 views

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    "...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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Lessons from the Exxon Valdez spill | Analysis & Opinion | - 0 views

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    "Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill"
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Conservative & Corporate Failure in the Deepwater Disaster | OurFuture.org - 0 views

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    Conservative & Corporate Failure In The Deepwater Disaster
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Who Pays For The Oil Cleanup? | The New Republic - 0 views

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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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Al Gore | The Crisis Comes Ashore | Why the Oil Spill Could Change Everything | The New... - 0 views

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    The profound risk to our national and economic security posed by the prospect of the world's sudden loss of access to Persian Gulf oil contributed greatly to the strategic miscalculations and public deceptions that led to our costly invasion of Iraq...
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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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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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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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