The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – It’s been about three years since BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. By the time engineers finally figured out how to cap the…
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Coast Guard Approves Plan to Further Inspect Deepwater Horizon Oil Sheen
by Glynn Wilson •
NEW ORLEANS, La. – British Petroleum and Transocean have received approval from the U.S. Coast Guard to proceed with another investigation of the Deepwater Horizon wreckage and wellhead site in the Gulf of Mexico with Remotely Operated Vehicles after a…
Obama Administration Suspends New Contracts with BP
by Glynn Wilson •
By Glynn Wilson – The Obama administration has suspended all new contracts with the British petroleum giant BP for “lack of business integrity” due to its actions that caused the worst environmental disaster in history two years ago in the…
Obama Justice Department Slams BP With $4 Billion Fine, 14 Criminal Charges
by Glynn Wilson •
By Glynn Wilson – Less than two weeks after President Barack Obama won reelection to a second term, the Obama administration announced a major settlement agreement with the British Petroleum corporation in the largest and worst environmental disaster in U.S.…
Greg Palast’s New Book and Film for the BBC Vultures’ Picnic Investigates Oil Industry Corruption
by Glynn Wilson •
Greg Palast’s BBC crew of journalist-detectives chase down British Petroleum bag men, CIA operatives, nuclear power con men — and “The Vultures,” billionaire financial speculators who, through bribery, flim-flam and political muscle, take entire nations hostage for mega-profits. The action…
BP’s Oil Discovered in Gulf of Mexico Food Chain
by Glynn Wilson •
WKRG.com News Scientists at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab in South Alabama have published a study showing oil from BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster making its way into the Gulf of Mexico food chain. Dr. Monty Graham, the lead researcher, says…
Gulf Communities Call for Action on Six Month Anniversary of BP Oil Disaster
by Glynn Wilson •
David Underhill of the Mobile Alabama Sierra Club protests BP People in communities along the Gulf Coast will gather for a protest on the six month anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion that tragically killed 11 and led…
Feds Update Reports on Dead, Rescued Birds Along the Gulf
by Glynn Wilson •
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Graphic by Glynn Wilson Based on what is being called a “rigorous review” of previously released preliminary data by a team of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists, the federal agency has compiled an expanded…
A Fort Morgan Sunset From the Summer of Gulf Discontent
by Glynn Wilson •
Glynn Wilson Looking at the sunset over Mobile Bay from the north side of the Fort Morgan peninsula, knowing that the Gulf of Mexico and the bay nearby are full of crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon, one can’t help…
Obama Administration Plans to Seize BP’s Gulf Oil Revenue
by Glynn Wilson •
Money to be Used for Massive Cleanup by Glynn Wilson Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar Under orders from President Barack Obama and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, the Minerals Management Service is drafting a plan to nationalize the…
Exclusive Video: BP Hires Convict Labor in Beach Cleanup
by Glynn Wilson •
The Day Deepwater Horizon Oil Hit Alabama’s Beaches The British Petroleum corporation is hiring convict labor, including illegal immigrants, to clean the beaches along the Gulf Coast instead of contracting with local fishermen who are out of work due to…
Shoreline Cleanup Team Surveys Racoon Island
by Glynn Wilson •
US Navy RACCOON ISLAND, La. – Members of Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Team (SCAT) survey Raccoon Island for oil debris on the shoreline and wildlife. Raccoon Island is a protected bird breeding sanctuary with a variety of breeds. SCAT is working…
BP's Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Day 30: Twenty Recommendations
by Glynn Wilson •
On the 30-day anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion that has led to what may be one of the worst environmental disasters this country has ever seen, Defenders of Wildlife takes a look at 20 ways the oil industry…
An Aerial View of BP Burning Off Gas at the Deepwater Horizon
by Glynn Wilson •
A John Wathen Video Thanks to Southwings.org SouthWings pilot Tom Hutchings and Hurricane Creekkeeper John Wathen fly to the source of BP’s oil spill from the Louisiana coast and show crude mixed with dispersant chemicals washing up on the beaches…
Deepwater Horizon Oil Slick Still Concentrated in Louisiana Wetlands
by Glynn Wilson •
No Direct Threat to Gulf Beaches, But Tarballs From Spill Confirmed NOAA [Click on the image for a larger view] The half-dozen golf ball size tarballs that washed ashore on Dauphin Island beaches Saturday are believed to be from the…