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  • Oil gusher. Lost opportunity to redefine America's political debate?

    Ralph Maughan

    My opinion is the “spill” could be a gift to bring down the Cheneys, oil companies, “drill baby drill”- With a huge natural disaster there is political danger, but also political opportunity. For the people living on the Gulf, and the fish and wildlife, it is all downside.  For the President there is a mighty…

  • Bob Abbey, director of the Bureau of Land Management, to take over running MMS

    Ralph Maughan

    Not sure what this will mean for BLMs programs, if anything– Bob Abbey, director of the Bureau of Land Management to take over running MMS. Huffington Post.

  • Obama to announce oil drilling and leasing moratoriums

    Ralph Maughan

    Six month moratorium on new deep water well permits; lease auctions off Virginia and Alaska coast put in suspension. Partial ban on new spuds- There is finally action by the Administration on oil leases and permits to drill in various places off-shore. It is expected that today the President will announce there will be no…

  • Members of Congress say abolish Minerals Management Service

    Ralph Maughan

    Agency inspectors have still been accepting oil company gifts- Lawmakers assail Minerals Management Service. By Perry Bacon Jr., David A. Fahrenthold and Steven Mufson. Washington Post Staff Writer. The agency might be beyond the ability to be reformed.

  • Oil has now entered the Gulf Loop current and heavy oil reaches the marshes

    Ralph Maughan

    The only good news is that BP now says it is collecting 5000 barrels a day of the oil gusher- Gulf Oil Spill: Oil Has Entered Loop Current, Officials Say. Associated Press. So, some of the oil is now off to Florida and maybe even to the East Coast. So far the main part of…

  • Wildlife group targets Discovery with anti-Sarah Palin ad campaign

    Ralph Maughan

    “Discovery just redefined obscenity on TV: Sarah Palin as an Alaska wildlife show host” . . . copy from anti-Palin ads- Defenders of Wildlife launches petition drive to stop Discovery Communications from launching a Palin-hosted wildlife show. I don’t know, maybe she could show us the way to clean oil off birds and turtles, or…

  • Is BP's remedy for the spill only making it worse?

    Ralph Maughan

    The chemical dispersants BP is dumping in the Gulf of Mexico are a cosmetic solution only. And they’re toxic. By Joseph Romm. Salon Magazine. AND MORE MALFEASANCE U.S. exempted BP’s Gulf of Mexico drilling from environmental impact study. By Juliet Eilperin. Washington Post Staff Writer. The Department of Interior did not require an environmental impact…

  • NOAA Warned Interior It Was Underestimating Threat Of Serious Spill

    Ralph Maughan

    Administration brushed aside the warnings- “National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration officials last fall warned the Department of Interior, which regulates offshore oil drilling, that it was dramatically underestimating the frequency of offshore oil spills and was dangerously understating the risk and impacts a major spill would have on coastal residents.” Story in the Huffington Post.…

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