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Gulf of Mexico: “There is no life out there”

By Staff Reports | October 28, 2013

NWS employee on Gulf beach

The Gulf Oil spill is old news, right? 2010? Over and done with. The seafood industry has recovered. tourists are back, BP has kept its promises to make things right. We know that because that’s what the incessant BP commercials on television are telling us. BP seems to believe its own commercials, because it announced in June that it and the Coast Guard were ending regular … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy Tagged With: BP, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, oil spill

Deepwater what?

By Erik Curren | April 20, 2012

peak oil chart

How soon we forget. Today marks the second anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But don't expect to hear much about it. The largest environmental disaster ever in American history, the BP oil spill dumped nearly 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico and its consequences continue to reverberate in the area. But unless you're a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy Tagged With: Big Oil, BP, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, oil spill

Urge Obama to say “peak oil” on April 20

By Erik Curren | February 17, 2011

Flaring on the Deepwater Horizon

We all know that oil is the lifeblood of the world economy. But after last year's International Energy Agency report confirming that the world had passed the peak of conventional oil production in 2006, it's clearer than ever that peak oil is real, peak oil is here and peak oil poses a challenge to our whole way of life. And as the first anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: activism, ASPO, Barack Obama, BP, Deepwater Horizon, energy policy

Waste and wisdom in the Gulf

By Staff Reports | September 22, 2010

Gulf-oiled pelicans

As communities along the Gulf Coast continue to regroup from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, I think back to a snippet of conversation I overheard before the underwater well was capped. I got just enough of it to hear one person say "If this had happened on land, it wouldn't even be a problem." That got me to thinking. In the first place, I'm not entirely sure I agree - I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spirit Tagged With: BP, Halliburton, Oct 2010, oil spill, pollution

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