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Photo Of The Day – Alabama Wave

(Via – The Ecoterrorist)

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When BP Spills Coffee

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GOP Rep. John Boehner: The Taxpayers Should Help Pay For Oil Spill Cleanup

GOP House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner thinks YOU should have to help pay for the Gulf oil spill cleanup. Talking Points Memo’s Brian Beutler talked to Boehner: “I think the people responsible in the oil spill–BP and the federal government–should take full responsibility for what’s happening there,” Boehner said at his weekly press conference this morning. Boehner’s statement followed …

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Bankruptcy For BP?

BP’s stock price is plummeting and some are beginning to wonder if the company will be forced into bankruptcy. Shares in BP plunged again today in London after yet another sell-off in New York Wednesday, wiping out more than $82 billion in value from the London-based oil and natural gas firm. BP, No. 5 in sales worldwide on Forbes list …

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MADDOW: Gulf Oil Booms Are Failing

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Obama: Whose Ass Do I Kick?

The president told the Today Show today that he went down to the Gulf to try and figure out “whose ass to kick” about the oil spill.

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BP Launches Apology Campaign

This weekend British Petroleum launched the below ad campaign taking responsibility for the Gulf oil spill. The clip, which has already been parodied on late night television, does not accept comments on YouTube.

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Arianna Vs Liz Cheney On Oil Spill

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Where Will The Oil End Up?

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Spill, Baby, Spill!

(Via – AmericaBlog)

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Photo Of The Day

Hit the Boston Globe’s series of photos of doomed sea birds along Louisiana’s oil-soaked coast, if you can bear it.

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Photo Of The Day – Manhattan BP Station

(Via – Gothamist)

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Hurricane Season May Worsen Oil Spill

Forecasters are predicting a bad hurricane season, which begins today. It’s feared that the expected strong storms will exacerbate the Gulf oil spill. Three to seven major hurricanes — involving winds of at least 178 km/h — are expected. Up to 14 hurricanes with winds of 119 km/h are also expected. Such winds could be disastrous for BP’s latest attempt …

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Feds Claim Gulf Oil Spill Has Stopped

Federal officials are saying that it appears that the “top kill” attempt to plug the spewing oil will in the Gulf may have indeed worked. The flow of oil from the broken well in the Gulf of Mexico has stopped, the U.S. incident commander Admiral Thad Allen claimed Friday, but BP warned it would be a further 48 hours before …

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Maddow On “Top Kill” Oil Spill Attempt

It turns out that the amount of oil spilling is actually from 12,000 – 25,000 barrels per day, up to 25 times what BP first claimed. And yet BP is still low-balling people who’ve lost their livelihoods with ridiculously small settlements.

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OBAMA: I Take Responsibility For Not Moving Faster On Gulf Oil Spill

Vowing that BP will have to “pay dearly” for the Gulf oil spill, the president also acknowledged that the federal government did not move quickly enough at first. “We are relying on every resource and every idea, every expert and every bit of technology to work to stop it,” the president said. “We will take ideas from anywhere but we …

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Gulf Oil Well Appears To Be Capped

The Coast Guard is saying today that it appears yesterday’s “top kill” attempt to cap the spewing oil spill in the Gulf may have worked. Engineers have succeeded in stopping the flow of oil and gas into the Gulf of Mexico from a gushing BP well, the federal government’s top oil spill commander, Adm. Thad Allen, said Thursday morning. The …

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Photo Of The Day – Louisiana’s Beach

More grim photos are here.

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Oil Spill Day 36: It’s A Nightmare

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Obama Administration: We’re Doing Everything We Can On Gulf Oil Spill

And yet millions of gallons are continuing to spew after more than a month. Meanwhile some are calling for the government to kick British Petroleum off the response team.

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