what can I do to help alleviate the Gulf oil spill disaster?

by Wolfram Burner Question by Project JT: what can I do to help alleviate the Gulf oil spill disaster? I know I’m just 17 and I don’t live off of the Gulf Coast (I live in North Carolina), but I know that I’ve been trying to come up with ways that could stop the oil […]

Seconds From Disaster – S01E10 – Explosion in the North Sea

Piper Alpha was a North Sea oil production platform operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd. The platform began production in 1976, first as an oil platform and then later converted to gas production. An explosion and resulting fire destroyed it on July 6, 1988, killing 167 men, with only 59 survivors. The death toll includes […]

Q&A: Is the disaster in chief criminally negligent?

by Deepwater Horizon Response Question by gws35: Is the disaster in chief criminally negligent? Obama keeps saying the “buck stops” with him and that he’s been “calling the shots” from the beginning of the response to the oil leak. But he only means he’s putting himself in charge. He’s only denying accusations that he failed […]

Gulf Oil Disaster – Deja Vu

Can you say Deja Vu here is the solution to our problems. Lets go back in time with Rachel Maddow as she takes us on a journey into our past so that we might see the mistakes of today. Posted with FAIR USE CLAIMS- News Release- A Missouri teenager who told authorities she wanted to […]

“No more Nuclear Power” 100 Women from Fukushima. A sit-in Action in Tokyo.

10/27-10/29. The action will be on Ustream broadcast from 10am to 3pm. URL: ustre.am “No more Nuclear Power” “Evacuate children living in contaminated areas” 100 women from Fukushima will be sitting in front of Agency of Ministry and Trade located in Tokyo, giving a peaceful appeal for three days. Another 100 from all areas in […]

Two Spewing Disasters

Two spewing disasters and a bunch of unanswered questions. Links members.greenpeace.org US Said to Allow Drilling Without Needed Permits www.nytimes.com chicagopressrelease.com latimesblogs.latimes.com Video Rating: 4 / 5

Is my initial assessment of the Gulf Disaster correct?

Question by Yin: Is my initial assessment of the Gulf Disaster correct? First, we have an oil well still leaking that is an environmental and economic disaster. Then, our beloved President piles a second economic disaster on top by placing a moratorium in the Gulf which is going to kill more jobs. To me, we […]

How many more Nuclear power plant disasters or near-disasters is it going to take?

by JamesReaFotos Question by Wake the Sheeple: How many more Nuclear power plant disasters or near-disasters is it going to take? Fukushima, now the floods and wild fires threaten two more, Ft. Calhoun and Los Alamos Laboratory so what’s it going to take to make people realize nuclear power is not safe power? Best answer: […]