How bad is this going to get?
Exxon: Ruptured pipeline carried tar sands crude.
Laura Zuckerman – Reuters
ExxonMobil pipeline under the Yellowstone River releases 30,000 – 50,000 gallons of crude into world famous river-
It’s another one of those things they claimed was too unlikely to worry about. Now there is a large oil slick drifting down the Yellowstone River toward the Missouri, ruining riverside property, and polluting not just the river […]
Continue Reading →No one dead this time; relatively shallow water-
This well was in production, unlike the Deepwater Horizon, BP disaster. It tells me that major oil pollution might have become a permanent feature of the Gulf of Mexico.
Oil sheen spreading from Gulf platform explosion. By Alan Levin and Julie […]
Continue Reading →Documents shows all judges had ties to the oil industry-
So do we have a problem with the neutrality of our federal courts? The judge of the original jurisdiction in Louisiana’s federal district court who rejected the moratorium was loaded down with oil and gas stocks too.
Fortunately, the Administration said the Interior Department would […]
Continue Reading →27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells, many probably leaking and more capable-
Gov’t and oil companies ignore them-
Gulf Awash In 27,000 Abandoned Oil And Gas Wells. By Jeff Donn and Mitch Weiss. Associated Press (reproduced in the Huffington Post)
I think many Americans are trying to ignore this ongoing disaster, but it […]
Continue Reading →The effects of the continuing oil gusher have been localized so far. It will not remain that way-
This from the Missoulian. Gulf oil spill threatens birds migrating south from Montana. By Rob Chaney
It seems like the Texas coast is the most important for migrating birds from Montana.
Plans are being made to […]
Continue Reading →Chevron’s broken pipeline has not been contained completely in the Jordan River at SLC-
More bad news about the Utah “oil spill.”
Oil spotted in Great Salt Lake wetlands. By Judy Fahys. The Salt Lake Tribune
Continue Reading →As the slick is posed to hit western Florida coast, a model predicts a much wider spread-
BP oil spill could spread to Atlantic Ocean. Christian Science Monitor.
This comes amid predictions that the gusher won’t be stopped until relief wells intersect the oil reservoir in August. Even then, relief wells sometimes fail to […]
Continue Reading →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 […]
Continue Reading →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.
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