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Baird: We Don’t Hear About Africa’s Oil Spills

Baird: We Don’t Hear About Africa’s Oil Spills It was hard to believe BP when it announced oil had stopped gushing into the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, July 15. It had taken 87 days. There was relief but little jubilation: it will take many years to clean the shores and the birds, and for […]

For US, ongoing battle against changing oil ‘Blob’

For US, ongoing battle against changing oil ‘Blob’ HOUMA, La. (AP) — Inside a sprawling command post in southern Louisiana, The Blob is everywhere. It stains the many maps tacked to white walls. Read more on Daily Record

Technology’s disasters share long trail of hubris

Technology’s disasters share long trail of hubris It’s all so familiar. A technological disaster, then a presidential commission examining what went wrong. And ultimately a discovery that while technology marches on, concern for safety lags. Technology isn’t as foolproof as it seemed. Read more on Louisville Courier-Journal

New radiation mechanism may ward off cancer, oil spills and terrorism

New radiation mechanism may ward off cancer, oil spills and terrorism Radiation similar to that used to treat cancer may someday help clean up environmental disasters such as the Gulf oil spill and detect explosive powder hidden underneath clothing. Read more on Science Daily

The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill – Part 1 of 10

Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster – The movie that documented one of the worst environmental disasters in US history. To watch the entire movie in sequence, click here: www.youtube.com To learn more about the incident, visit wikipedia here: en.wikipedia.org

NSF Awards Grant To Study Emotional Response To Gulf Oil Spill Disaster

NSF Awards Grant To Study Emotional Response To Gulf Oil Spill Disaster Researchers say way of life in coastal communities is at riskPolitical scientists at Louisiana State University want to know how your close friends and family influence you during times of crisis. They say the information could be crucial to understanding how people make […]

What are your views on the BP oil spill?

Here is my view. I think that it is horrible but I don’t think BP is some “evil corporation” that the media makes them out to be. It was an accident. If it was Casey’s or Route 66, then everybody would think they are an “evil corporation” but nobody thinks that because BP got hit […]

Exxon Valdez Narrows Blockade Commemoration (2006)

Commemoration ceremony in Cordova, Alaska, by over 100 fishing vessels of the 1993 Blockade of Valdez Narrows and the oil tankers serving the Valdez oil terminal. The primary purpose of the event was to call attention to the unresolved $5 billion punitive damages court case against Exxon. Over 6000 plaintiffs in the case have died […]

Does the US hate Britain now because of the BP oil spill?

Hi there, i’m a girl in the UK living in the US and i’m just wondering what the US’s feelings right now are towards the UK in regards to the recent oil spill caused by the British company? I feel like the whole thing is a tragic incident with horrible repercussions for the wildlife and […]

Exxon-Valdez Revisited

As the clean-up efforts of the massive British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico continue, CBS News’ Ben Tracy returns to the site of another infamous man-made disaster in Alaska.

Oil spill compensation claims top 200 million US dollars: BP

Oil spill compensation claims top 200 million US dollars: BP British energy giant BP has paid out more than 200 million US dollars in compensation to Gulf of Mexico residents affected by a months-long oil spill, the company said on Friday. Read more on Brisbane Times

How the Oil Spill Changed the Country

How the Oil Spill Changed the Country Even if BP’s latest efforts to cap the Gulf well succeed, the disaster has already reshaped the country — and not just environmental Gulf of Mexico – Oil Spill – Exxon Valdez – Prince William Sound – Exxon Valdez oil spill Read more on The Atlantic