Bad News Comes In Threes For BP?

Yesterday the U.S. Justice Department filed suit against BP and several other companies involved in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf, accusing them of disregarding safety regulations leading to the explosion, which led to the spill and caused the death of 11 workers. The other companies are: Anadarko Exploration & Production LP; Anadarko Petroleum [...]

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BP: “Let Us Drill….Or Else….”

Today’s New York Times is reporting that BP has, for the most part given Congress an ultimatum. It pretty much boils down to this: no payouts for oil spill damages unless you allow us to continue drilling, and risking more disasters in the future. Why? Because it will leave them on the brink of poverty. [...]

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Drill, Baby, Drill: Another Oil Rig Explodes In The Gulf, UPDATED

UPDATES BELOW Another oil rig, the Vermilion 380, owned by Mariner Energy, has exploded in the Gulf Of Mexico, west of the site of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. According to CNN: An oil rig has exploded 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana, with 12 people overboard and one missing, the Coast Guard [...]

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BP: $93 Million Spent On Advertising Since Gulf Disaster

Today House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Bart Stupak released findings on how much BP has spent on advertising since the oil disaster to Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL) who prompted the probe. Among the findings: Between April 2010 and July 2010, BP spent more than $93 [...]

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“Can You Hear Me Now?” BP Claims Go To “Louder” Realtors

For all of you GOP-Tea Baggers in Florida who love the Free-Market, and small government there’s good news about those BP claims: Florida Realtors will divvy up $16 million to cover lost sales in the aftermath of the April 20th Deepwater Horizon rig blast and ensuing massive oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Florida’s sharing [...]

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The Oil Is Far From Gone

But then did you really think it was “gone” in the first place? From the St. Petersburg Times: Far from being gone, the oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster appears to still be causing ecological damage in the Gulf of Mexico, according to new findings from University of South Florida scientists. And scientists from the [...]

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Gulf “Three-Quarters” Low On Oil….

We’ve heard that nearly three-quarters of the oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil gusher is gone. Sure. Of course, that means there’s still at least one-quarter left in the Gulf, and kind of like the old question “is the glass half empty, or is the glass half full?” how you feel about those amounts of [...]

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Got Sun?

If you live in Florida that’s a silly question. Sure, we’ve got plenty of sun. We just can’t use it to our advantage. Our GOP leaders have made sure of it. See, if you’re one of those in Florida who went ahead and invested in solar energy technology for your home due to that Solar [...]

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