Republicans ignore disasters caused by big business in the U.S.

I missed writing a column on Earth Day, so I will writing this one about threats to our health and environment. The fertilizer plant in West, Texas (south of Dallas) had 1350 times the amount of ammonium nitrate that requires disclosure to the U.S. Department of Homeland...

BP Oil Spill Anniversary: Lives Ruined, Ocean Poisoned

BP Oil Spill Anniversary: Gulf of Mexico Still a Mess One year after the BP oil spill, caused by the collapse of the Deepwater Horizon rig, the Gulf of Mexico is still in sorry shape. Dead dolphins are still being...

Deepwater Horizon Alarm Found to be Inhibited For Sleep Reasons

An Alarm on the Deepwater Horizon Rig Was Found to Have Been Inhibited For Over a Year Before it Exploded on April 20 The Horizon's chief electronics technician Mike Williams testified on Friday that an alarm was set...

The End Of The Beginning?

In the nineteen sixties and seventies the western world was in the throes of a cultural and psychological revolution of awareness that at times threatened to bring down the governments and destroy the societies of...

BP's Well May Leak for 55 Years or More Into the Gulf of Mexico?

On June 15, 2010 the US Department of Energy announced that a group of federal and independent scientists convened by Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, and Chair of the National...

An Historic Failure of Government And Industry by Dr Tom Termotto

The BP Gulf Oil Spill and Gusher: An Historic Failure of Government And Industry – A Tragic Violation Of The Public Trust And Social ContractFor all of us who live on and near the Gulf Coast of Mexico, we exist in a state that alternates between exasperation and...

Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico: Visible from Space (Photo)

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Satellite Photos NASA has captured satellite photos of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico- the spill itself is the size of New Orleans. BP To Clean Up Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Deepwater ...

Gulf Oil Spill: BP To Clean Up Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

Gulf Oil Spill Spreading: Aftermath of Deepwater Horizon Explosion And Sinking. The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is spreading as more crews and more equipment is added in the fight to contain the spill located...

Deepwater Horizon: Missing Workers Search and Oil Spill, Update

Search For Missing Workers Scaled Back, Crews Work to Contain Oil Spill The news in the explosion, fire and subsequent sinking of Transocean's Deepwater Horizon is unfortunately only getting worse. The search for...

Deepwater Horizon: 11 Workers Missing, Survivors Reach Shore

Eleven People Still Missing After The Explosion At Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Off The Coast Of Louisiana In Mexican Gulf Late Tuesday, As Explosion Survivors Reach Shore Transocean, the operator of the affected rig,...

Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Fire: 11 Workers Still Unaccounted For

Oil Rig Explosion In Mexican Gulf Leaves Eleven People Missing Eleven workers are still missing after the explosion at Deepwater Horizon oil rig 41 miles off the coast of Louisiana in Mexican Gulf late Tuesday....

Transocean Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Blast: Crew Missing, Video

Transocean Deepwater Horizon: Blast and Fire, Coast Guard Search Underway (see video) At least 12 workers are missing from the Deepwater Horizon, a deepwater ocean oil rig off the coast of Louisiana. The explosion on...

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