Down in the Gulf of Mexico, BP is said to be "pleased" with the effort thus far to recap the oil leak, an effort that they took up in earnest over the weekend.
But at least one former BP contractor, Adam Dillon, is less than pleased with his BP paymasters and has come forward to talk about his experiences to WDSU in New Orleans.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/12/adam-dillon-bp-contractor_n_642894.html
A marine biologist working with a group of environmentalists to save sea turtles claims the U.S.
Coast Guard is involved in spraying a toxic chemical dispersant over the Gulf of Mexico; and he says it's already traveled inland. -=W/ VIDEO=-
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http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0705/marine-biologist-claims-coast-guard-involved-corexit-spraying/
Nearly 5,000 miles from the oil-spill catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, BP and its culture of cost-cutting are contributing to another environmental mess.
According to internal BP documents obtained by Truthout, and after interviewing more than a dozen employees over the past month, the Prudhoe Bay oil field is at risk.
Like the banking crisis, the oil disaster will see in a new age of state intervention, says Jeremy Warner.
Petroleum engineers don't have the best reputation at the moment, thanks to all that oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's April 20 rig explosion.
But don't feel too bad for them--it's easier to deal with a wounded ego when you're making a gusher of money.
On a day when the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico surpassed the Exxon Valdez as the worst oil spill in U.S. history, President Barack Obama continued his verbal assault on the oil industry Wednesday � and packed a punch as well.
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http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2010/05/24/daily43.html
BP says it has paid at least $29 million to people claiming economic losses because of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/26/bp-has-paid-29-million-in_n_590411.html
On April 20, we witnessed one of the worst oil spills in American history, an event that has caused oil to surge into the Gulf of Mexico for weeks now.
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/05/21/bauccio.fish.sustainable/index.html
2.5 million gallons hemorrhaging, unchecked: Officials Tuesday told congressional representatives that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill could grow at a rate more than 10 times current estimates, greatly enlarging the potential scope of the disaster.
A source who attended the meeting said company representatives had a deer in headlights� look to them.
The top law enforcement executives for five states will meet to talk about legal options for dealing with the effects of a massive oil spill threatening their Gulf of Mexico shores
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20100501/us-oil-spill-attorneys-general/
