Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth : Climate and Capitalism:
"This Declaration was adopted by the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, in Bolivia. The Bolivian government has submitted it to the United Nations for consideration.
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Saturday, 28 May 2011
Global Campaign to Bestow Legal Rights on Mother Earth - IPS ipsnews.net
Global Campaign to Bestow Legal Rights on Mother Earth - IPS ipsnews.net:
"UNITED NATIONS, May 24, 2011 (IPS) - An international coalition of academics and environmental activists has launched a global campaign for the creation of a new U.N. convention to protect 'mother earth'.
With the United Nations fighting a relentless battle against water pollution, loss of biodiversity, desertification, deforestation, climate change and a depleted ozone layer, the campaign for a 'Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth' has taken added significance.
'It is not too late to change course and improve our relationship with Mother Earth,' says U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro. 'But time is running out,' she warns.
Maude Barlow, a lead campaigner for the U.N. convention and chairperson of the Council of Canadians, a citizen's advocacy organisation, said: 'We hope that one day a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth will stand as the companion to the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights as one of the guiding covenants of our time.'
The campaign has also been boosted by the fact that the United Nations is commemorating two key environment-related events this year: the International Year of Forests and the beginning of the International Decade for Biodiversity.
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"UNITED NATIONS, May 24, 2011 (IPS) - An international coalition of academics and environmental activists has launched a global campaign for the creation of a new U.N. convention to protect 'mother earth'.
With the United Nations fighting a relentless battle against water pollution, loss of biodiversity, desertification, deforestation, climate change and a depleted ozone layer, the campaign for a 'Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth' has taken added significance.
'It is not too late to change course and improve our relationship with Mother Earth,' says U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro. 'But time is running out,' she warns.
Maude Barlow, a lead campaigner for the U.N. convention and chairperson of the Council of Canadians, a citizen's advocacy organisation, said: 'We hope that one day a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth will stand as the companion to the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights as one of the guiding covenants of our time.'
The campaign has also been boosted by the fact that the United Nations is commemorating two key environment-related events this year: the International Year of Forests and the beginning of the International Decade for Biodiversity.
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Thursday, 28 April 2011
follow the link to sign the petition for the A.G.
Prosecute BP for Manslaughter?
The U.S. Department of Justice is considering whether to prosecute BP for manslaughter in the explosion that killed 11 workers on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico last year. BP could also be charged with deliberately understating the magnitude of the resulting oil gusher in an effort to limit the impact on its stock price.
Friday, 22 April 2011
BP: This is your image – forever. You can’t spin it.
Every era has its iconic image. This one will always represent the BP oil nightmare, and no amount of PR spin, or advertising (by Purple Strategies) or Tweeting will clean BP’s image. This photo, thanks to Google and the Way Back Machine, will be available online forever.Wednesday, 20 April 2011
Greg Palast » BP’s Secret Deepwater Blowout
Greg Palast » BP’s Secret Deepwater Blowout:
"Only 17 months before BP's Deepwater Horizon rig suffered a deadly blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, another BP deepwater oil platform also blew out.
You've heard and seen much about the Gulf disaster that killed 11 BP workers. If you have not heard about the earlier blowout, it's because BP has kept the full story under wraps. Nor did BP inform Congress or US safety regulators, and BP, along with its oil industry partners, have preferred to keep it that way.
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"Only 17 months before BP's Deepwater Horizon rig suffered a deadly blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, another BP deepwater oil platform also blew out.
You've heard and seen much about the Gulf disaster that killed 11 BP workers. If you have not heard about the earlier blowout, it's because BP has kept the full story under wraps. Nor did BP inform Congress or US safety regulators, and BP, along with its oil industry partners, have preferred to keep it that way.
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Relatives of Dead Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Workers Feel Forgotten in the Spill
One year after the Deepwater Horizon exploded, there has been no mention of the eleven men that perished.
We will remember them and hold them in our hearts, they were husbands, fathers, brothers, grandsons.
It has been one year since that fateful day -- we will remember them. Peace.
Relatives of Dead Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Workers Feel Forgotten in the Spill:
"(May 23) -- While the world remains fixated on the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, L.D. Manuel says people are forgetting an important fact: 11 men, including his son, died when the oil rig blew up.
'I'm following the coverage, but I don't know that I like what I'm seeing. Everyone talks about the birds and the damage to the gulf and everything, but they never talk about the guys that got hurt,' said Manuel, who lost his son Blair in the explosion. 'That really bothers me.'
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded just over a month ago, on April 20, and relatives of the 11 men who were killed said that it's understandable that the news media and the public are focused on environmental concerns, government regulations, politics, the future of offshore drilling.
But they fear that the 11 victims -- their husbands, sons, grandsons, brothers -- have been forgotten.
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We will remember them and hold them in our hearts, they were husbands, fathers, brothers, grandsons.
It has been one year since that fateful day -- we will remember them. Peace.
Relatives of Dead Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Workers Feel Forgotten in the Spill:
"(May 23) -- While the world remains fixated on the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, L.D. Manuel says people are forgetting an important fact: 11 men, including his son, died when the oil rig blew up.
'I'm following the coverage, but I don't know that I like what I'm seeing. Everyone talks about the birds and the damage to the gulf and everything, but they never talk about the guys that got hurt,' said Manuel, who lost his son Blair in the explosion. 'That really bothers me.'
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded just over a month ago, on April 20, and relatives of the 11 men who were killed said that it's understandable that the news media and the public are focused on environmental concerns, government regulations, politics, the future of offshore drilling.
But they fear that the 11 victims -- their husbands, sons, grandsons, brothers -- have been forgotten.
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Monday, 18 April 2011
BP's 'scapegoat' strikes it rich with Rothschild & Co - Business News, Business - The Independent
BP's 'scapegoat' strikes it rich with Rothschild & Co - Business News, Business - The Independent:
"As the first anniversary of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster approaches, the former BP boss Tony Hayward could be forgiven for wishing to see the back of 12 months in which he was dubbed America's 'most hated' for his mishandling of the event.
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"As the first anniversary of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster approaches, the former BP boss Tony Hayward could be forgiven for wishing to see the back of 12 months in which he was dubbed America's 'most hated' for his mishandling of the event.
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Monday, 21 February 2011
BBC News - Gulf spill's effects 'may not be seen for a decade'
BBC News - Gulf spill's effects 'may not be seen for a decade':
In places the layer of oil and dead animals is 10cm thick
* Gulf 'to recover by end of 2012'
* 'Bad management' led to BP spill
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill 'devastated' life on and near the seafloor, a marine scientist has said.
Studies using a submersible found a layer, as much as 10cm thick in places, of dead animals and oil, said Samantha Joye of the University of Georgia.
Knocking these animals out of the food chain will, in time, affect species relevant to fisheries.
She disputed an assessment by BP's compensation fund that the Gulf of Mexico will recover by the end of 2012
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In places the layer of oil and dead animals is 10cm thick
* Gulf 'to recover by end of 2012'
* 'Bad management' led to BP spill
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill 'devastated' life on and near the seafloor, a marine scientist has said.
Studies using a submersible found a layer, as much as 10cm thick in places, of dead animals and oil, said Samantha Joye of the University of Georgia.
Knocking these animals out of the food chain will, in time, affect species relevant to fisheries.
She disputed an assessment by BP's compensation fund that the Gulf of Mexico will recover by the end of 2012
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Monday, 14 February 2011
Study finds massive flux of gas, in addition to liquid oil, at BP well blowout in Gulf
Study finds massive flux of gas, in addition to liquid oil, at BP well blowout in Gulf:
"A new University of Georgia study that is the first to examine comprehensively the magnitude of hydrocarbon gases released during the Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico oil discharge has found that up to 500,000 tons of gaseous hydrocarbons were emitted into the deep ocean.
The authors conclude that such a large gas discharge—which generated concentrations 75,000 times the norm—could result in small-scale zones of 'extensive and persistent depletion of oxygen' as microbial processes degrade the gaseous hydrocarbons.
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"A new University of Georgia study that is the first to examine comprehensively the magnitude of hydrocarbon gases released during the Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico oil discharge has found that up to 500,000 tons of gaseous hydrocarbons were emitted into the deep ocean.
The authors conclude that such a large gas discharge—which generated concentrations 75,000 times the norm—could result in small-scale zones of 'extensive and persistent depletion of oxygen' as microbial processes degrade the gaseous hydrocarbons.
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BP Slick: WAKE UP AMERICA YOU ARE BEING LIED TO!
BP Slick: WAKE UP AMERICA YOU ARE BEING LIED TO!:
"I took a walk along the beach Feb. 09, 2011. I had seen the many ads placed on your TV and news outlets all over the world paid for by BP proclaiming“The oil is gone and our beaches are clean”. The one that really gets me is how safe the seafood can be when this is what our beaches look like.
I have visited the locations seen here many times during the BP crisis and seen it in various conditions. This last trip was as bad as it was in July during the height of the disaster at sea. The real disaster has just begun I am afraid.
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"I took a walk along the beach Feb. 09, 2011. I had seen the many ads placed on your TV and news outlets all over the world paid for by BP proclaiming“The oil is gone and our beaches are clean”. The one that really gets me is how safe the seafood can be when this is what our beaches look like.
I have visited the locations seen here many times during the BP crisis and seen it in various conditions. This last trip was as bad as it was in July during the height of the disaster at sea. The real disaster has just begun I am afraid.
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Monday, 7 February 2011
Sunday, 23 January 2011
Hard-hitting Letter from Louisiana Senator to Obama Regarding COREXIT Poisoning of the Gulf | Gulf Oil Spill Remediation Conference
Hard-hitting Letter from Louisiana Senator to Obama Regarding COREXIT Poisoning of the Gulf | Gulf Oil Spill Remediation Conference: "1/16/2011
The Honorable Barack Obama
The President of the United States
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20500
Re: The environmental impact of dispersing Corexit during and after the oil spill
Dear Mr. President;
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The Honorable Barack Obama
The President of the United States
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20500
Re: The environmental impact of dispersing Corexit during and after the oil spill
Dear Mr. President;
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Monday, 17 January 2011
Alarming Evidence of a Leaking Macondo Prospect: The BP Gulf Oil Spill Continues | Gulf Oil Spill Remediation Conference
Alarming Evidence of a Leaking Macondo Prospect: The BP Gulf Oil Spill Continues | Gulf Oil Spill Remediation Conference:
"The following letter has been sent to Congressmen Fred Upton and John Simkus by BK Lim, Geohazards Specialist, (Click here for CV/BIO) in response to our request to inform the US Congress about a situation of which that they appear to be unaware. The growing need for a real US Congressional Inquiry into the matter of the Macondo Prospect in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) – the site of the BP Oil Spill which began on April 20, 2010 – has been apparent for many months now.
This letter represents a turning point for the Gulf Oil Spill Remediation Conference in that this International Citizens’ Initiative has decided that overwhelming evidence exists that points to a situation that has not been properly addressed. Therefore, the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico sits in a state of abeyance of sorts. Until the residents who domicile there, and citizens who work there, are transparently apprised of the true state of the blown out well and surrounding area, this conference will not rest.
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"The following letter has been sent to Congressmen Fred Upton and John Simkus by BK Lim, Geohazards Specialist, (Click here for CV/BIO) in response to our request to inform the US Congress about a situation of which that they appear to be unaware. The growing need for a real US Congressional Inquiry into the matter of the Macondo Prospect in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) – the site of the BP Oil Spill which began on April 20, 2010 – has been apparent for many months now.
This letter represents a turning point for the Gulf Oil Spill Remediation Conference in that this International Citizens’ Initiative has decided that overwhelming evidence exists that points to a situation that has not been properly addressed. Therefore, the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico sits in a state of abeyance of sorts. Until the residents who domicile there, and citizens who work there, are transparently apprised of the true state of the blown out well and surrounding area, this conference will not rest.
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Tuesday, 28 December 2010
The Gulf of Mexico is Dying
The Gulf of Mexico is Dying:
"It is with deep regret that we publish this report. We do not take this responsibility lightly, as the consequences of the following observations are of such great import and have such far-reaching ramifications for the entire planet. Truly, the fate of the oceans of the world hangs in the balance, as does the future of humankind.
The Gulf of Mexico (GOM) does not exist in isolation and is, in fact, connected to the Seven Seas. Hence, we publish these findings in order that the world community will come together to further contemplate this dire and demanding predicament. We also do so with the hope that an appropriate global response will be formulated, and acted upon, for the sake of future generations. It is the most basic responsibility for every civilization to leave their world in a better condition than that which they inherited from their forbears.
After conducting the Gulf Oil Spill Remediation Conference for over seven months, we can now disseminate the following information with the authority and confidence of those who have thoroughly investigated a crime scene. There are many research articles, investigative reports and penetrating exposes archived at the following website. Particularly those posted from August through November provide a unique body of evidence, many with compelling photo-documentaries, which portray the true state of affairs at the Macondo Prospect in the GOM.
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"It is with deep regret that we publish this report. We do not take this responsibility lightly, as the consequences of the following observations are of such great import and have such far-reaching ramifications for the entire planet. Truly, the fate of the oceans of the world hangs in the balance, as does the future of humankind.
The Gulf of Mexico (GOM) does not exist in isolation and is, in fact, connected to the Seven Seas. Hence, we publish these findings in order that the world community will come together to further contemplate this dire and demanding predicament. We also do so with the hope that an appropriate global response will be formulated, and acted upon, for the sake of future generations. It is the most basic responsibility for every civilization to leave their world in a better condition than that which they inherited from their forbears.
After conducting the Gulf Oil Spill Remediation Conference for over seven months, we can now disseminate the following information with the authority and confidence of those who have thoroughly investigated a crime scene. There are many research articles, investigative reports and penetrating exposes archived at the following website. Particularly those posted from August through November provide a unique body of evidence, many with compelling photo-documentaries, which portray the true state of affairs at the Macondo Prospect in the GOM.
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Thursday, 16 December 2010
Animal rehab centers still working after BP spill | World news | guardian.co.uk
Animal rehab centers still working after BP spill | World news | guardian.co.uk:
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A baby sea turtle escaped from the jaws of a shark, only to get stuck in oil spilled from BP's well in the Gulf of Mexico. A young dolphin apparently was attacked by his mother, then swam into oil.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A baby sea turtle escaped from the jaws of a shark, only to get stuck in oil spilled from BP's well in the Gulf of Mexico. A young dolphin apparently was attacked by his mother, then swam into oil.
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Tuesday, 14 December 2010
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
Deepwater Horizon Victims' Families Wonder If BP Will Ever 'Make Things Right' (PHOTOS)
Deepwater Horizon Victims' Families Wonder If BP Will Ever 'Make Things Right' (PHOTOS):
"JONESVILLE, La. — Roy Wyatt Kemp's family is waiting for his headstone, black marble engraved with the deer and ducks he loved to hunt. The grave, however, lacks a body.
Seven months after the fateful Gulf of Mexico explosion that triggered one of history's worst environmental disasters, the 27-year-old rig worker's family knows very little beyond the fact that he never came home. Did he survive the initial blast? Did he suffer? Could he have been saved?
'I wonder every day what happened to my son. I don't think it will ever leave me,' said his mother, Peggy.
Without a body, without answers and with only limited financial and emotional support, Kemp's family and relatives of the 10 other workers who died on the BP-leased rig are left to wonder whether the oil giant's promise to 'make things right' applies to everyone but them.
From the small towns of central Mississippi to the cotton fields of central Louisiana to the cattle farms of southern Texas, relatives of the men, in interviews with The Associated Press, bemoaned that so much of the public focus has been on the oil spilled rather than the lives lost.
'There hasn't been anybody associated with BP, Transocean or any of them that has sat down and really tried to give you their condolence and tell you what took place,' Peggy Kemp said.
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"JONESVILLE, La. — Roy Wyatt Kemp's family is waiting for his headstone, black marble engraved with the deer and ducks he loved to hunt. The grave, however, lacks a body.
Seven months after the fateful Gulf of Mexico explosion that triggered one of history's worst environmental disasters, the 27-year-old rig worker's family knows very little beyond the fact that he never came home. Did he survive the initial blast? Did he suffer? Could he have been saved?
'I wonder every day what happened to my son. I don't think it will ever leave me,' said his mother, Peggy.
Without a body, without answers and with only limited financial and emotional support, Kemp's family and relatives of the 10 other workers who died on the BP-leased rig are left to wonder whether the oil giant's promise to 'make things right' applies to everyone but them.
From the small towns of central Mississippi to the cotton fields of central Louisiana to the cattle farms of southern Texas, relatives of the men, in interviews with The Associated Press, bemoaned that so much of the public focus has been on the oil spilled rather than the lives lost.
'There hasn't been anybody associated with BP, Transocean or any of them that has sat down and really tried to give you their condolence and tell you what took place,' Peggy Kemp said.
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Sunday, 14 November 2010
Oil And Gas Leaks Continue Unabated At Macondo: Photos document oily fluid all over the seafloor | Phoenix Rising from the Gulf
Oil And Gas Leaks Continue Unabated At Macondo: Photos document oily fluid all over the seafloor | Phoenix Rising from the Gulf:
"Oil And Gas Leaks Continue Unabated At Macondo: Photos document oily fluid all over the seafloor
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"Oil And Gas Leaks Continue Unabated At Macondo: Photos document oily fluid all over the seafloor
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Friday, 5 November 2010
BP oil spill costs to hit $40bn | Business | guardian.co.uk
BP oil spill costs to hit $40bn | Business | guardian.co.uk:
"BP said today it expects the cost of the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster to be $7.7bn (£4.8bn) bigger than previously thought, pushing the total bill to nearly $40bn.
The oil giant announced the new charge to cover the cost of the Gulf of Mexico spill alongside its financial results for the third quarter of the year. It blamed the delays that dogged its attempts to seal the leak, along with higher clean-up costs and legal fees.
The new charge knocked BP's pre-tax profits for the third quarter of 2010 down to $1.8bn, compared with $4.98bn a year ago.
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"BP said today it expects the cost of the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster to be $7.7bn (£4.8bn) bigger than previously thought, pushing the total bill to nearly $40bn.
The oil giant announced the new charge to cover the cost of the Gulf of Mexico spill alongside its financial results for the third quarter of the year. It blamed the delays that dogged its attempts to seal the leak, along with higher clean-up costs and legal fees.
The new charge knocked BP's pre-tax profits for the third quarter of 2010 down to $1.8bn, compared with $4.98bn a year ago.
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Thursday, 4 November 2010
Happy dolphins update on Hutchison-Lazaryan frequency generator clearing polluted Gulf waters
Happy dolphins update on Hutchison-Lazaryan frequency generator clearing polluted Gulf waters:
"We called BP, the EPA, the Coast Guard. NO RESPONSE.
We talked with LOCAL government officials, even the sheriff. Their response: 'This is great. We cannot 'officially sanction it'. We cannot help. Go talk with local private citizens that are on the beach, set up the equipment with them. And, we will not stop you from treating the water.'
This is RESTORATION of the frequency of the water.
EVERYTHING is FREQUENCY.
We received samples of polluted Gulf water in John's lab and tested them, before we came. The ORIGINAL reading on the oscilloscope of the polluted Gulf water was dramatically different from the reading of 'healthy sea water'.
After applying the audio and radio frequencies to the water in the lab, the polluted water CHANGED its frequency (to a reading on the oscilloscope that was identical to the healthy sea water).
[...] Applying this ANCIENT technology of frequencies to the water allows the water to 'clean itself'.
NEW OIL just hit the beaches of Venice, LA and of Bay Jimmy last week.
Apparently the well is 'not capped'...or there is another blowout we are not being told about.
Dead birds, fish, dolphins....all covered with oil.
The long term effect on these animals is DEATH.
What we are doing is bringing LIFE, the healing frequencies that have been known for thousands of years to restore damaged DNA.
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"We called BP, the EPA, the Coast Guard. NO RESPONSE.
We talked with LOCAL government officials, even the sheriff. Their response: 'This is great. We cannot 'officially sanction it'. We cannot help. Go talk with local private citizens that are on the beach, set up the equipment with them. And, we will not stop you from treating the water.'
This is RESTORATION of the frequency of the water.
EVERYTHING is FREQUENCY.
We received samples of polluted Gulf water in John's lab and tested them, before we came. The ORIGINAL reading on the oscilloscope of the polluted Gulf water was dramatically different from the reading of 'healthy sea water'.
After applying the audio and radio frequencies to the water in the lab, the polluted water CHANGED its frequency (to a reading on the oscilloscope that was identical to the healthy sea water).
[...] Applying this ANCIENT technology of frequencies to the water allows the water to 'clean itself'.
NEW OIL just hit the beaches of Venice, LA and of Bay Jimmy last week.
Apparently the well is 'not capped'...or there is another blowout we are not being told about.
Dead birds, fish, dolphins....all covered with oil.
The long term effect on these animals is DEATH.
What we are doing is bringing LIFE, the healing frequencies that have been known for thousands of years to restore damaged DNA.
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Thursday, 28 October 2010
BP Knew About Bad Cement - The Daily Beast
BP Knew About Bad Cement - The Daily Beast:
"Maybe BP’s new CEO ought to walk back his comments blaming the media for the frenzy over the Gulf oil spill: Both BP and Halliburton knew that the cement they used to seal the Deepwater Horizon well was unstable, but they used it anyway, according to the presidential commission investigating the disaster. Halliburton had conducted three tests on the cement, all of which showed that it was below industry standards; the results of at least one of those tests were presented to BP. The lead investigator, Fred Bartlit Jr., said that had the cement worked properly, there would not have been an accident.
Read it at The New York Times
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"Maybe BP’s new CEO ought to walk back his comments blaming the media for the frenzy over the Gulf oil spill: Both BP and Halliburton knew that the cement they used to seal the Deepwater Horizon well was unstable, but they used it anyway, according to the presidential commission investigating the disaster. Halliburton had conducted three tests on the cement, all of which showed that it was below industry standards; the results of at least one of those tests were presented to BP. The lead investigator, Fred Bartlit Jr., said that had the cement worked properly, there would not have been an accident.
Read it at The New York Times
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Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Toxicologist now dealing with at least three autopsies in Gulf
"People who’s esophagus's are dissolving.. these people have oil in their bodies"
Worker on Grand Isle dropped over dead.
I am dealing with about 3 or 4 autopsies right now.
I know of people with 4.75% of lung capacity and with an enlarged heart. I know people who’s esophagus's are dissolving and disintegrating. All these people have oil in their bodies, upper 95th percentile.
Riki Ott (VIDEO)
Worker on Grand Isle dropped over dead.
I am dealing with about 3 or 4 autopsies right now.
I know of people with 4.75% of lung capacity and with an enlarged heart. I know people who’s esophagus's are dissolving and disintegrating. All these people have oil in their bodies, upper 95th percentile.
Riki Ott (VIDEO)
Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Furious Growth and Cost Cuts Led To BP Accidents Past and Present - ProPublica
Furious Growth and Cost Cuts Led To BP Accidents Past and Present - ProPublica:
"A ProPublica and PBS FRONTLINE investigation. “The Spill [1],” a PBS FRONTLINE documentary drawn from this reporting, airs tonight. Check local listings. [2]
Jeanne Pascal turned on her TV April 21 to see a towering spindle of black smoke slithering into the sky from an oil platform on the oceanic expanse of the Gulf of Mexico. For hours she sat, transfixed on an overstuffed couch in her Seattle home, her feelings shifting from shock to anger.
Pascal, a career Environmental Protection Agency attorney only seven weeks into her retirement, knew as much as anyone in the federal government about BP, the company that owned the well. She understood in an instant what it would take others months to grasp: In BP’s 15-year quest to compete with the world’s biggest oil companies, its managers had become deaf to risk and systematically gambled with safety at hundreds of facilities and with thousands of employees’ lives.
“God, they just don’t learn,” she remembers thinking.
Just weeks before the explosion, President Obama had announced a historic expansion of deep-water drilling in the Gulf, where BP held the majority of the drilling leases. The administration considered the environmental record of drilling companies in the Gulf to be excellent. It didn’t ask questions about BP, and it didn’t consider that the company’s long record of safety violations and environmental accidents might be important, according to Carol Browner, the White House environmental adviser.
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"A ProPublica and PBS FRONTLINE investigation. “The Spill [1],” a PBS FRONTLINE documentary drawn from this reporting, airs tonight. Check local listings. [2]
Jeanne Pascal turned on her TV April 21 to see a towering spindle of black smoke slithering into the sky from an oil platform on the oceanic expanse of the Gulf of Mexico. For hours she sat, transfixed on an overstuffed couch in her Seattle home, her feelings shifting from shock to anger.
Pascal, a career Environmental Protection Agency attorney only seven weeks into her retirement, knew as much as anyone in the federal government about BP, the company that owned the well. She understood in an instant what it would take others months to grasp: In BP’s 15-year quest to compete with the world’s biggest oil companies, its managers had become deaf to risk and systematically gambled with safety at hundreds of facilities and with thousands of employees’ lives.
“God, they just don’t learn,” she remembers thinking.
Just weeks before the explosion, President Obama had announced a historic expansion of deep-water drilling in the Gulf, where BP held the majority of the drilling leases. The administration considered the environmental record of drilling companies in the Gulf to be excellent. It didn’t ask questions about BP, and it didn’t consider that the company’s long record of safety violations and environmental accidents might be important, according to Carol Browner, the White House environmental adviser.
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Saturday, 23 October 2010
Massive stretches of weathered oil spotted in Gulf of Mexico | NOLA.com
Massive stretches of weathered oil spotted in Gulf of Mexico | NOLA.com:
"Just three days after the U.S. Coast Guard admiral in charge of the BP oil spill cleanup declared little recoverable surface oil remained in the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana fishers Friday found miles-long strings of weathered oil floating toward fragile marshes on the Mississippi River delt
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"Just three days after the U.S. Coast Guard admiral in charge of the BP oil spill cleanup declared little recoverable surface oil remained in the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana fishers Friday found miles-long strings of weathered oil floating toward fragile marshes on the Mississippi River delt
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Friday, 22 October 2010
No Evidence Gulf Oil Spill Killed Fish, Says NOAA | CNSnews.com
No Evidence Gulf Oil Spill Killed Fish, Says NOAA | CNSnews.com:
"(CNSNews.com) – There is no evidence the Deep Water Horizon oil spill killed any fish, according to federal and state officials overseeing the oil cleanup, while captured commercial fish passed testing by multiple government agencies. But even with plenty of fish in the sea, the fishing industry in the Gulf of Mexico is still suffering from a big perception problem.
“In federal waters, I can tell you, there haven’t been any fish kills reported that are linked to the oil spill,” Christine Patrick, spokeswoman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) told CNSNews.com. “I know there have been fish kills reported in state waters, but I think they have determined they weren’t a result of the oil spill.”
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"(CNSNews.com) – There is no evidence the Deep Water Horizon oil spill killed any fish, according to federal and state officials overseeing the oil cleanup, while captured commercial fish passed testing by multiple government agencies. But even with plenty of fish in the sea, the fishing industry in the Gulf of Mexico is still suffering from a big perception problem.
“In federal waters, I can tell you, there haven’t been any fish kills reported that are linked to the oil spill,” Christine Patrick, spokeswoman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) told CNSNews.com. “I know there have been fish kills reported in state waters, but I think they have determined they weren’t a result of the oil spill.”
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Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Rocky Kistner: Six Months Later, an Oil Disaster Spreads Across the Gulf
Rocky Kistner: Six Months Later, an Oil Disaster Spreads Across the Gulf:
"For six months, I have lived and worked near ground zero of the worst oil disaster in US history. I've traveled on boats hunting thick, reddish peanut butter-colored crude that slowly washed towards the coastal marshes of southern Louisiana. I watched tough, resourceful people of the bayou weep at the sight of the oily tide invading precious fishing grounds.
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"For six months, I have lived and worked near ground zero of the worst oil disaster in US history. I've traveled on boats hunting thick, reddish peanut butter-colored crude that slowly washed towards the coastal marshes of southern Louisiana. I watched tough, resourceful people of the bayou weep at the sight of the oily tide invading precious fishing grounds.
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Saturday, 16 October 2010
Rocky Kistner: Feeling Abandoned, Gulf Coast Residents Issue A Call To Arms
Rocky Kistner: Feeling Abandoned, Gulf Coast Residents Issue A Call To Arms: "As the six-month anniversary of the worst American maritime oil disaster approaches, people along the Gulf coast continue to struggle with its aftermath. Many feel uncertain about their future and abandoned by the media and politicians focused on their election campaigns this fall.
So in early October, local community groups and environmental organizations decided it was time to join together and come up with a plan that calls attention to the ongoing environmental, economic and public health threat posed by 200 million gallons of BP crude that still threatens America's greatest fishing ground and life sustaining delta estuary.
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So in early October, local community groups and environmental organizations decided it was time to join together and come up with a plan that calls attention to the ongoing environmental, economic and public health threat posed by 200 million gallons of BP crude that still threatens America's greatest fishing ground and life sustaining delta estuary.
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Thursday, 14 October 2010
Oil Spill Cleanup, Clean Energy, And Marine Animal Conservation: Ocean Technologies That Will Save The Planet (PHOTOS)
Oil Spill Cleanup, Clean Energy, And Marine Animal Conservation: Ocean Technologies That Will Save The Planet (PHOTOS): "Oil Spill Cleanup, Clean Energy, And Marine Animal Conservation: Ocean Technologies That Will Save The Planet (PHOTOS)
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Monday, 11 October 2010
Censored Gulf news: Kindra Arnesen. Skin barrier gone but not sprayers (video) - National Human Rights | Examiner.com
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Kindra Arnesen in her most recent interview has presented a comprehensive view of the Gulf crime against humanity, along with graphic detail of her poisoning and skin condition. She explains that the peoples' natural skin barrier is gone, but not the black ops spraying poison on the people.
The courageous young mother from Venice, Louisiana who became a celebrity by speaking out on behalf of Gulf coast fishermen at the first Emergency Gulf Summit, criticizing the media black-out of the Gulf atrocities, continues trying to defend human rights of the people of the Gulf.
On June 20th, the Examiner reported that Arnesen exposed that 60-Minutes filmed and aired documentation about truth in the Gulf Coast area but the program was pulled from the internet within 24 hours. (Dupre, D., La emergency summit fisher wife slams media black-out (video), Examiner, June 20, 2010)
Then, she finally realized she could not convince people to leave and that nothing would stop the powers that be from poisoning the people. (See Arnesen in the PGI video below).
"Everybody" in Arnesen's Plaquemines Parish residential area is sick she said, estimating that 40 million people throughout the Gulf region are now poisoned.
"They might not all be sick now, but mark my words, they will be."
Monday, 4 October 2010
Sunday, 3 October 2010
Giant oil plume appears to have climbed into shallower waters of continental shelf (VIDEO) | Florida Oil Spill Law
Giant oil plume appears to have climbed into shallower waters of continental shelf (VIDEO) | Florida Oil Spill Law: "Giant oil plume appears to have climbed into shallower waters of continental shelf (VIDEO)
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Giant oil plume appears to have climbed into shallower waters of continental shelf (VIDEO) | Florida Oil Spill Law
Giant oil plume appears to have climbed into shallower waters of continental shelf (VIDEO) | Florida Oil Spill Law: "Giant oil plume appears to have climbed into shallower waters of continental shelf (VIDEO)
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Giant Oil Plume Found Below Surface Of Gulf : NPR
Giant Oil Plume Found Below Surface Of Gulf : NPR: "If you’d asked me -- and I've been studying oil spills for 15 years -- whether or not you would see oil in the subsurface, I would have said, 'No -- doesn't oil float?'
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Friday, 20 August 2010
BP oil spill: scientists find giant plume of droplets 'missed' by official account | Environment | The Guardian
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"Many people speculated that subsurface oil droplets were being easily degraded," said Richard Camilli, the lead author of the paper. "Well we didn't find that. We found it was still there."
At the heart of the debate is the rate at which naturally occurring microbes have consumed the oil from the runaway well. Even by the White House estimates, about one quarter of the oil was siphoned away from the well, skimmed off the surface, or burned. But the White House, in a high-profile briefing, earlier this month suggested that microbes had eaten as much as 50% of the remaining oil.
The study reinforces earlier reports from research voyages led by scientists from the University of Georgia and Texas A&M University who detected the presence of deepwater plumes of oil.
But the authors argued that theirs was more authoritative as it is the first to be published in a major peer-reviewed journal since oil began pumping into the ocean from the broken well four months ago. The authors also noted their access to superior technology including one of the few underwater robots available outside the oil industry.
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
BP Oil Spill Coverup: Fishermen Speak Up - The Daily Beast
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Two weeks ago, as federal officials prepared to declare that some three-quarters of the estimated 5 million barrels of oil released into the Gulf over three months had disappeared, Mark Williams, a fishing boat captain hired by BP to help with the spill cleanup, encountered tar balls as large as three inches wide floating off the Florida coast.
VETERAN DC ABC NEWS ANCHOR, DOUG MCKELWAY, SUSPENDED AFTER REPORTING OBAMA ACCEPTED $77,051 IN CAMPAIGN FUNDS FROM BP
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WJLA-TV, a Washington, D.C. ABC affiliate, suspended reporter Doug McKelway following his alleged “partisan” comments at a liberal rally on Capitol Hill marking the three-month anniversary of the Gulf oil spill. Video of the broadcast tells a different story:
WJLA-TV, a Washington, D.C. ABC affiliate, suspended reporter Doug McKelway following his alleged “partisan” comments at a liberal rally on Capitol Hill marking the three-month anniversary of the Gulf oil spill. Video of the broadcast tells a different story:
Apparently facts are now “partisan.”
McKelway stuck to the truth about BP’s political contributions and pending cap-and-trade legislation, newsworthy subjects given that the event’s organizers were lobbying to “pass legislation to end America’s addiction to oil and urged lawmakers to donate campaign money raised from the oil industry to the clean-up efforts in the Gulf.”
According to the Washington Post, it was McKelway’s supposedly controversial comments on July 20 that led to his suspension. Anonymous sources at the station are now accusing him of “insubordination” in an apparent attempt to fire him.
Monday, 16 August 2010
The BP Cover-Up | Mother Jones
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WE'RE SWINGING ON ANCHOR this afternoon as powerful bursts of wind blow down through the Makua Valley and out to sea. The gales stop and start every 15 minutes, as abruptly as if a giant on the far side of the Hawaiian island of Oahu were switching a fan on and off. We sail at the gusts' mercy, listing hard to starboard, then snapping hard against the anchor chain before recoiling to port. The intermittent tempests make our work harder and colder. We shiver during the microbursts, sweat during the interludes, then shiver again from our own sweat.
I'm accompanying marine ecologist Kelly Benoit-Bird of Oregon State University, physical oceanographer Margaret McManus of the University of Hawaii-Manoa, and two research assistants aboard a 32-foot former sportfishing boat named Alyce C. On the tiny aft deck, where a marlin fisher might ordinarily strap into a fighting chair, Benoit-Bird and McManus are launching packages of instruments: echo sounders tuned to five frequencies; cameras; and a host of tools designed to measure temperature, salinity, current velocity, chlorophyll fluorescence, and zooplankton abundance, all feeding into computers lashed into the tiny forward cabin.
Thursday, 5 August 2010
Feds Giving Spill Data to BP—But Public Stays in Dark | Mother Jones
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The federal government is now painting a rosy picture of the Gulf spill, reporting Wednesday that much of the oil has miraculously disappeared. The folks at the New York Times bought in, proclaiming, "US Finds Most Oil From Spill Poses Little Additional Risk."
But the oil isn't gone. More than 100 million gallons of it—at least nine and a half times more oil than the Exxon Valdez dumped—remain at the surface or dispersed undersea. And the government is still keeping crucial information about the extent of the damage a carefully guarded secret—from everyone except BP.
BP Scores Stimulus Cash | Mother Jones
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The federal government is giving a joint venture involving oil giant BP millions of dollars in stimulus money to build a power plant on farmland near the tiny Kern County town of Tupman, even as the company faces heavy government pressure and a criminal probe into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
BP is benefiting from a $308 million federal grant over several years for the cutting-edge power plant on cotton and alfalfa fields seven miles from the western edge of Bakersfield. More than half of the money, $175 million, is coming from stimulus funds. The rest is coming from another federal program.
The stimulus portion alone ranks as the second biggest award in California to a corporation and among the largest in the country benefiting private interests, according to data reported to the government by stimulus recipients.
The federal government is giving a joint venture involving oil giant BP millions of dollars in stimulus money to build a power plant on farmland near the tiny Kern County town of Tupman, even as the company faces heavy government pressure and a criminal probe into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
BP is benefiting from a $308 million federal grant over several years for the cutting-edge power plant on cotton and alfalfa fields seven miles from the western edge of Bakersfield. More than half of the money, $175 million, is coming from stimulus funds. The rest is coming from another federal program.
The stimulus portion alone ranks as the second biggest award in California to a corporation and among the largest in the country benefiting private interests, according to data reported to the government by stimulus recipients.
Attorney Mike Papantonio Says BP is a Criminal, Sociopathic and Predatory Corporation « SpeakEasy
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Environmental lawyer, advocate for working Americans, and host of Ring of Fire, Mike Papantonio and his firm have handled thousands of cases throughout the nation, including asbestos, breast implants, pharmaceutical litigation, factory farming, securities fraud, the Florida tobacco litigation, etc., and has received numerous multi-million dollar verdicts.
Recently, he has been making frequent appearances on The Ed Show and Hardball to discuss the ramifications and implications of British Petroleum’s oil spill, in an effort to hold BP accountable for the damage that they have caused to the environment and persons, as well as to expose the lies that BP continues to feed the news media.
Environmental lawyer, advocate for working Americans, and host of Ring of Fire, Mike Papantonio and his firm have handled thousands of cases throughout the nation, including asbestos, breast implants, pharmaceutical litigation, factory farming, securities fraud, the Florida tobacco litigation, etc., and has received numerous multi-million dollar verdicts.
Recently, he has been making frequent appearances on The Ed Show and Hardball to discuss the ramifications and implications of British Petroleum’s oil spill, in an effort to hold BP accountable for the damage that they have caused to the environment and persons, as well as to expose the lies that BP continues to feed the news media.
Tuesday, 3 August 2010
The Poisoning | Rolling Stone Politics
The Poisoning | Rolling Stone Politics: "On July 15th, just as this article was going to press, BP lowered a 75-ton cap over the damaged wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico and closed — at least temporarily — the gushing hellmouth of oil. How long that cap will hold is not clear. At the moment, BP and government scientists are trying to determine whether the structure of the well itself was damaged by the blowout, and, if it was, whether oil and gas could be leaking through other parts of the well, or even through the sea floor itself. Depending on the integrity of the well, the gusher could be permanently capped in a matter of weeks; or there could be oil flowing into the Gulf again tomorrow. 'This is an extremely unstable situation,' retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, who is overseeing the federal response to the clean-up, told me on the day the cap was lowered into place.
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“Independent claims czar” on BP payroll
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Gulf disaster “independent claims czar” Kenneth Feinberg is on the payroll of BP, he has admitted. The administrator of the escrow account set up by the Obama administration to compensate victims of the BP blowout has so far refused to reveal how much the oil giant pays him.
Nothing could more clearly expose Feinberg’s pretensions of neutrality and objectivity in the distribution of funds from the $20 billion Independent Claims Facility (ICF) established by the Obama administration on June 16. Feinberg is in fact an attorney in the employ of BP. He cannot, by definition, be a neutral arbiter.
In a July 19 web chat, Feinberg said he would not say how much BP pays him, declaring “that’s between me and BP.” Last week he backtracked somewhat, saying he would reveal his pay package within “weeks.” “I don’t want to just announce what my estimated salary is for the next few months, I want to give a budget that will include that salary,” he said in explaining the delay.
Gulf disaster “independent claims czar” Kenneth Feinberg is on the payroll of BP, he has admitted. The administrator of the escrow account set up by the Obama administration to compensate victims of the BP blowout has so far refused to reveal how much the oil giant pays him.
Nothing could more clearly expose Feinberg’s pretensions of neutrality and objectivity in the distribution of funds from the $20 billion Independent Claims Facility (ICF) established by the Obama administration on June 16. Feinberg is in fact an attorney in the employ of BP. He cannot, by definition, be a neutral arbiter.
In a July 19 web chat, Feinberg said he would not say how much BP pays him, declaring “that’s between me and BP.” Last week he backtracked somewhat, saying he would reveal his pay package within “weeks.” “I don’t want to just announce what my estimated salary is for the next few months, I want to give a budget that will include that salary,” he said in explaining the delay.
Monday, 2 August 2010
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Monday, 19 July 2010
BP oil spill: US orders new emergency plan as seepage detected near capped well - Telegraph
BP oil spill: US orders new emergency plan as seepage detected near capped well - Telegraph: "Tensions emerged as the US government's point man on the worst environmental disaster in US history also told the British energy giant to report swiftly on a 'detected seep' and 'anomalies' near the well.
BP - which said Monday the bill from the leak had risen to $3.95 billion (£2.58 billion) - had earlier acknowledged that some bubbles had appeared near the wellhead but expressed optimism that the cap installed three days earlier could stay on.
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BP - which said Monday the bill from the leak had risen to $3.95 billion (£2.58 billion) - had earlier acknowledged that some bubbles had appeared near the wellhead but expressed optimism that the cap installed three days earlier could stay on.
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Saturday, 17 July 2010
Gulf oil spill's animal victims
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Please follow the link to see photos on the Washington Post site that will
probably make you sad, make you cry, make you angry --
to see these harmless creatures so irreparable damaged -- the photo
essay starts out very poignantly with an egg but there will be few
chicks this year or even next.
BP claims the leak has stopped but who is asking the question about the huge
hole in the ocean floor? Where it is being reported thousands of gallons of oil are
still rising into the Gulf.
see video sidebar MNSBC July 15 Matt Simmon talking to Dylan Ratigan
The quest for resources and the greed that sustains it has gone too far --
this madness has to stop -- our food has been adulterated until we don't know
what we are eating -- mountain tops removed for coal at the expense of the
beauty of the countryside --rivers poisoned -- lakes have become dead zones,
the rain forest, the lungs of the earth are being decimated and the the skies
polluted with chemical spray, our seas used as dumping grounds, poisoned
and polluted with plastic whose parts, smaller than a millimeter and the seas
almost fished out.
The madness has gone too far and it has to stop -- will the rational minds
please stand up, and speak out -- the only way for us to live on our planet
is to live in harmony with nature --
we are here for a very short time and are stewards of the land, the air,
to take care of the water -- the animals and birds for future generations.
http://zarafas-oil-in-the-
Please follow the link to see photos on the Washington Post site that will
probably make you sad, make you cry, make you angry --
to see these harmless creatures so irreparable damaged -- the photo
essay starts out very poignantly with an egg but there will be few
chicks this year or even next.
BP claims the leak has stopped but who is asking the question about the huge
hole in the ocean floor? Where it is being reported thousands of gallons of oil are
still rising into the Gulf.
see video sidebar MNSBC July 15 Matt Simmon talking to Dylan Ratigan
The quest for resources and the greed that sustains it has gone too far --
this madness has to stop -- our food has been adulterated until we don't know
what we are eating -- mountain tops removed for coal at the expense of the
beauty of the countryside --rivers poisoned -- lakes have become dead zones,
the rain forest, the lungs of the earth are being decimated and the the skies
polluted with chemical spray, our seas used as dumping grounds, poisoned
and polluted with plastic whose parts, smaller than a millimeter and the seas
almost fished out.
The madness has gone too far and it has to stop -- will the rational minds
please stand up, and speak out -- the only way for us to live on our planet
is to live in harmony with nature --
we are here for a very short time and are stewards of the land, the air,
to take care of the water -- the animals and birds for future generations.
http://zarafas-oil-in-the-
Oil hits Louisiana's largest seabird nesting area
Oil hits Louisiana's largest seabird nesting area:
"NEW ORLEANS -- Biologists say oil has smeared at least 300-400 pelicans and hundreds of terns in the largest seabird nesting area along the Louisiana coast - marking a sharp and sudden escalation in wildlife harmed by BP's Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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"NEW ORLEANS -- Biologists say oil has smeared at least 300-400 pelicans and hundreds of terns in the largest seabird nesting area along the Louisiana coast - marking a sharp and sudden escalation in wildlife harmed by BP's Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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