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Oil plumes spreading under Gulf “like ash from a volcano”
June 08, 2010Government officials confirmed today that oil as far as 3,300 feet below the surface is traveling in clouds through large areas of the subsea Gulf of Mexico. At a news briefing, Jane Lubchenko, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said the subsea oil was found 42 miles northeast of the well site and also 142 miles to the southeast.
Read moreAs spill kills jobs BP nickels and dimes victims
June 07, 2010As oil continues gushing into the Gulf of Mexico and the resulting environmental and economic catastrophes worsen, BP is dragging its feet on the damage claims.
Read moreWorries mount on oil spill health effects
June 04, 2010As oil washes up on Florida beaches, scores of cleanup workers are falling ill.
Read moreBP admits it wasn’t prepared
June 03, 2010President Obama heads back to the Gulf Coast Friday, as BP's CEO acknowledges the company was completely unprepared for a deepwater oil spill.
Read moreAs oil gushes, BP spews nonsense
June 02, 2010While BP has its own "reporters" enthusing about a "ballet at sea" in the Gulf, some 200,000 workers in the region are either out of work or facing imminent unemployment.
Read moreOn Gulf Coast many doubt BP can stop leak soon
June 01, 2010Union leaders, fishermen and environmentalists in the Gulf region say there is almost no chance that BP can stop the gushing oil by August.
Read moreCPUSA delegates eye November elections
May 22, 2010Speaking about the Tea Party movement today at the CPUSA's 29th National Convention here, Jarvis Tyner, the party's vice chairman declared, "If you can't smell the stench of fascism, you may need some aroma therapy."
Read moreExxon Valdez survivors and Gulf residents fight the same battle
May 19, 2010They may be four thousand miles apart but the people in this region are joining a battle taken up more than 20 years ago by the residents of Cordova, a small Alaskan fishing village.
Read moreTop offshore drilling regulator forced out
May 18, 2010The top government official overseeing offshore drilling retired suddenly yesterday.
Read moreGulf Coast scientists warn of hidden oil disaster
May 17, 2010NEW ORLEANS - What is happening in the Gulf is a "massive experiment" in how to poison an entire ecosystem, one scientist says.
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