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April 8, 2011
4/08/11 Coleman, Reuters, Scientists Link Oil on Dolphins to BP Spill
November 9, 2010
11/09/10 Kuo CNN, Oil traces found in Gulf food chain, scientists say
September 8, 2010
9/08/10 CNN, BP report spreads blame across Gulf spill actors
9/08/10 BBC, Demonstrating how the BP oil spill was plugged - video
9/08/10 BBC, BP releases Deepwater Horizon oil spill report - video
9/08/10 Nader & Halverg, Progressive, Unsafe at any depth
July 26, 2010
7/26/10 BBC, BP oil spill a result of 'poor decision making' (video included)
July 24, 2010
7/24/10 Kennedy, McClatchy, Researchers Confirm Subsea Gulf Oil Plumes are from BP Well
7/24/10 Coleman, Reuters, BP stalls payments to oil spill victims: Feinberg
July 23, 2010
7/23/10 Brown, NYT, Oil Rig's Siren Was Kept Silent, Technician Says
7/23/10 Lee, WSWS, Fishermen on strike against BP
7/23/10 Olmos, CRG, BP Coverup and the Criminal Pursuit of Profit: Deepwater Horizon Workers knew of Problems before Explosion
July 22, 2010
7/22/10 CRG/Washington's Blog, Unfolding Ecological Catastrophe: BP refuses to disclose Critical Data: BP Moves Goalpost for the Oil Well Integrity Test
July 21, 2010
7/21/10 Bolstad, McClatchy, BP's Oil Spill Caused by Fed's 'Dangerous Culture of Permissiveness'
7/21/10 WSWS, The Gulf oil disaster and capitalism
July 19, 2010
7/19/10 Chavkin, ProPublica, New BP Data Shows Payments on Less Than a Third of Claims
7/19/10 Cantarow, MoJo, Big Oil Makes War on the Earth
July 18, 2010
7/18/10 Reuters, Seepage Detected Near Blown-Out BP Well
July 16, 2010
7/16/10 Boxall, LAT, Gulf oil spill: BP increases monitoring of sea floor after sealing well
7/16/10 CNN, Pressure rising in cap at BP's undersea well, a positive sign
July 15, 2010
7/15/10 Biloxi Sun Herald, Oil Spill Coverage
July 14, 2010
7/13/10 Luscombe, Guardian, BP Tests Oil Well Cap, but Says Success Is Not Assured
7/14/10 Wang, ProPublica, Other Well Co-owners Stand By Criticism of BP, Refuse to Pay Bills
7/14/10 Brown & Plushnick-Masti, AP, Scientists say Gulf spill altering food web
July 13, 2010
7/13/10 Jamail & Blumenfeld, Dahr Jamail's Dispatches, Toxic Dispersants Near Gulf Harm Humans and Wildlife
7/13/10 Schoof, McClatchy, Here's some hope for Gulf: Spill-eating microbes spike
7/13/10 AP, BP testing delayed on Gulf oil fix
7/13/10 CNN, Administration's fourth bill to BP totals $99.7 million
July 10, 2010
7/10/10 BBC, BP to make new attempt to plug Gulf of Mexico oil leak
July 9, 2010
7/09/10 Dandelion Salad, BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster Videos
7/09/10 Whitcomb & Mason, BP set to install bigger cap on leaking Gulf well
7/09/10 Segal, CNN, Saving nature's unborn from the Gulf oil disaster
7/08/10 Wang, ProPublica, 1970s BP-Branded Board Game Turned Offshore Drilling Into Child's Play
7/09/10 Wang, ProPublica, BP's New Illness and Injury Stats, Texas Tarballs, and More
7/09/10 Wang, ProPublica, For BP, Multimillion-Dollar Fines Amount to a Day's Worth of Profit
7/09/10 Hays, Reuters, BP could start cap switch on Saturday: Coast Guard
7/08/10 Schoof, McClatchy, Scientists urge U.S. to move quickly to study Gulf oil spill
7/09/10 Moskvitch, BBC, Russian sub 'could stop oil leak'
July 6, 2010
7/06/10 Eley, WSWS, Censorship and cover-up in the Gulf oil disaster
7/06/10 CNN, Blimp expected to arrive to help track oil slick
7/06/10 BBC, Gulf oil spill reaches Texas as tar balls wash ashore
July 5, 2010
7/05/10 Bigg, Reuters, Tests on Gulf oil "superskimmer" inconclusive
7/05/10 Smith, WP, BP has Steady Sales at Defense Department Despite U.S. Scrutiny
7/05/10 Garofolo, Think Progress, BP Used Oil Industry Tax Break to Write Off Its Rent for Deepwater Rig
7/05/10 Wray, Guardian, BP asks oil spill partners to pay $400m
July 4, 2010
7/04/10 Schwartz, NYT, BP Wants Partners to Help Shoulder Spill Cost
7/04/10 CNN, Large-scale skimmer continues testing in Gulf
July 3, 2010
7/03/10 Arbuthnot, CRG, Overwhelmed by Oil and Toxic Pollutants: The Destruction of an Entire Coastline
7/03/10, Reuters, New oil drilling rules awaited from Washington
7/03/10 Arenson, Dandelion Salad, BP Oil Disaster Worst Case Scenario with Kindra Arnesen, BP Community Liaison
7/03/10 Reuters, Spill panel to hold public meeting July 12-13
7/03/10 Goldenberg, Guardian, Sylvia Earle: Swimming with sharks and oil
7/03/10 CNN, EPA scientists discuss chemicals used to break up oil in Gulf
July 2, 2010
7/02/10 Eley, WSWS, BP "claims czar": No compensation for most victims of oil spill
7/02/10 AFP, Oil Spills Boost Arsenic Levels in Ocean: Study
7/02/10 McCarthy, Independent, Deep-Sea Mining Adds to Fears of Marine Pollution
7/02/10 Pender, McClatchy, On Day 74 of spill, Mississippi is still unprepared for oil
7/02/10 Hays & Regan, Reuters, Total sees tougher rules as storm spreads Gulf slick
7/02/10 Cooper, CNN, Breathing equipment being given to some oil spill workers
July 1, 2010
7/01/10 Rogers & Damon, WSWS, The Gulf oil spill - the social impact
7/01/10 Moore, PublicRecord, BP's New Cover-Up Revealed
7/01/10 Wang, Govt's Banned Trailers, Unsafe for Housing, Reappear in Gulf
7/01/10 Linkins, Huffington, Oil Spill Media Access: Reporters Still Given the Runaround Even as Public Health Concerns Mount
7/01/10 Pender, Biloxi Sun, Oil found in Gulf crabs raises new food chain fears
7/01/10 Nelson, Biloxi Sun, Oil spill cleanup waste might be heading to local landfills
7/01/10 Salazar, IPS, 'Don't Minimise' Impacts of Amazon Oil Spill
7/01/10 Wharton, ITT, BP: The Case for Public Ownership
June 30, 2010
6/30/10 Science News, Scientist: World must expect more spills
6/30/10 Wang, ProPublica, BP Fined $5.2 Million for False Reporting
6/30/10 Harkinson, MoJo, BP: Beyond Prosecution
June 29, 2010
6/29/10 McNulty, FT, Oil Spill in Gulf Could Cause 'Dead Zone', Further Hitting Sea Life
6/29/10 AP, BP meets deadline for oil spill payments to govt
June 28, 2010
6/28/10 Goldenberg, Guardian, BP 'Staked Future on Expanding Offshore Drilling'
6/28/10 Achenbach, WP, A floating city springs up to contain gulf oil spill
6/28/10 Fountain, NYT, BP Discussing a Backup Strategy to Contain Oil
6/28/10 CNN, 162 cases of illness linked to oil spill reported in Louisiana
6/28/10 White, LAT, Boycott BP? That's easier said than done
6/28/10 CNN, Tar balls wash ashore in Mississippi
June 27, 2010
6/27/10 Schwartz, NYT, BP Loses Trading-Floor Swagger in Energy Markets
6/27/10 Lee & Baker, McClatchy, Mississippi officials slam Coast Guard as BP oil hits shores
6/26/10 Cart, LAT, Politics embroil gulf research grants
June 26, 2010
6/26/10 Nelson, McClatchy, No skimmers in sight as oil floods into Mississippi waters
6/26/10 Mauer, McClatchy, BP played big role in Alaska blowout preventer probe
6/26/10 CNN, Tropical storm, oil slick equal more fear, uncertainty with video
June 25, 2010
6/25/10 Chavkin, ProPublica, As Jindal Criticized Federal Bureaucracy, Louisiana Guard Troops Sat Idle
6/25/10 Madsen, IntelDaily, Government Insiders: Get Ready for the Gulf "Dead Zone"
6/25/10 YouTube of 6/22/10, Oil Rain In Louisiana
6/25/10 YouTube of 5/30/10 Is It Raining Oil in Florida? This Is Just The Beginning - Breaking News!!!
6/25/10 Washington's Blog, CRG, Oil Spill Might Be Making Natural Seeps Larger
6/25/10 Ravitz, CNN, Vietnamese fishermen in Gulf fight to not get lost in translation
6/25/10 Lee, WSWS, BP containment effort set back as government acknowledges undersea oil plumes
6/25/10 Goldenberg. Guardian, BP Accused of Killing Endangered Sea Turtles in Cleanup Operation
6/25/10 Phillips, CNN, Family: Oil disaster devastated captain who committed suicide
June 24, 2010
6/22/10 Bloomberg, Health Data Gaps, BP Suspicions Worry U.S. Panelists
6/24/10 Wang, ProPublica, Moratorium Won't Stop Unprecedented BP Project in the Arctic
6/24/10 Wang, ProPublica, NOAA Confirms Oil Plumes Are From BP's Well
6/24/10 Dowell, GlobalPost, Gulf oil spill? You ain't seen nothing yet
6/24/10 Wang, ProPublica, Read: BP's Plan For Controversial Arctic Drilling Project
6/24/10 Hilzenrath & Kindy, WP, Firms in gulf drilling are working to limit liability in spill
6/24/10 Hedgepeth & Fahrenthold, WP, Apparent suicide by fishing boat captain underlines oil spill's emotional toll
6/24/10 Fountain, NYT, Advances in Oil Spill Cleanup Lag Since Valdez
6/24/10 Seibel, McClatchy, Effort to kill BP's runaway well enters crucial phase
6/24/10 Simon, LAT, Spill-related measures advance in Congress
6/24/10 Reuters, BP refits Gulf of Mexico oil cap as Barack Obama's rating drops
6/24/10 CNN, Key decision on deepwater drilling could come Thursday
June 23, 2010
6/23/10 Phillips, CNN, Oil soaks miles of Pensacola Beach
6/23/10 Goldenberg, Guardian, Gulf oil spill: Gusher resumes full force after accident forces BP to remove cap
6/23/10 BBC, Two people die in Gulf oil spill clean-up - US official
6/23/10 Wang, ProPublica, As BP Works Through Backlog, Cleanup Worker Illness Stats Triple Since Prior Report
6/23/10 Wang, ProPublica, EPA Response on Dispersant Reduction: 'BP Only Uses Lowest Volume of Dispersant Needed'
6/23/10 CRG, BP is Burning Endangered Sea Turtles Alive
6/23/10 Hamburger, LAT, Coast Guard to investigate command structure on Deepwater Horizon
6/23/10 Williams, LAT, Judges' hands tied by oil industry interests
June 22, 2010
6/22/10 Farge & Lawler, Reuters, Oil drillers, users say world needs deepwater wells
6/22/10 Wearden & Kollewe, Guardian, Oil spill: Protesters disrupt BP speech as Tony Hayward pulls out
June 21, 2010
6/21/10 Chavkin, ProPublica, Read the Internal Document that Contradicts BP's Claims on Oil Flow
6/21/10 Tremblay, The New American Empire, The Bush-Cheney Gulf Coast Oil Spill of 2010
6/21/10 Betinis, WSWS, Gulf states' economies devastated by BP spill
6/21/10 Eggen, WP, BP, Transocean tap a well of Washington lobbyists and consultants
6/21/10 Wearden, Guardian, Deepwater Horizon worker claims oil rig leaking weeks before explosion
6/21/10 CNN, End to deepwater drilling moratorium sought
6/21/10 BBC, BP 'estimated higher oil amount' from Gulf well leak
June 20, 2010
6/20/10 Kemph, TruthOut, American Chernobyl
6/20/10 AP, Documents: BP estimated 4.2M gallon in worst case
6/20/10 CNN, BP document: Worst-case scenario -- 4.2 million gallons daily in Gulf
6/20/10 Wachman & Stibbs, Guardian, Anger grows across the world at the real price of 'frontier oil'
6/20/10 Kennedy, Guardian, BP chief's weekend sailing trip stokes anger at oil company
June 19, 2010
6/18/20 Gillis, NYT, Where Gulf Spill Might Place on the Roll of Disasters
6/19/10 Klein, Guardian, Gulf oil spill: A hole in the world
6/19/10 Achenbach & Mufson, WP, Partner in damaged oil well slams BP for 'reckless' actions -- and inaction
6/19/10 AP, BP: Hayward relieved of day-to-day spill duties
6/19/10 Connelly, AP, Anadarko points finger at BP on Gulf oil spill
6/19/10 Turse, AsiaTimes, Kick ass - or buy gas
6/19/10 DeGraw, Damdelion Salad, Will the BP Oil Spill Set Off A Supersonic Tsunami?
June 18, 2010
6/18/10 Bengali, McClatchy, Obama officials still approving flawed Gulf drilling plans
6/18/20 zgoldenberg, ZGuardian, BP's Gulf well holds enough oil to spew out for two years, claim experts
6/18/10 Achenbach & Fahrenthold, WP, Experts see how-not-to book emerging from gulf oil spill cleanup
6/18/10 Spencer, BBC, Daily View: BP's day at Congress
6/18/10 Rocheleau, CSM, How Halliburton Is Profiting From the Gulf Oil Spill
6/18/10 Biello, Scientific American, Is Using Dispersants on the BP Gulf Oil Spill Fighting Pollution with Pollution?
6/18/10 Trumbull, SM, Who is Bob Dudley? Five things to know about BP's new point man.
6/18/10 Collins, IntelDaily, Big Oil - First Nigeria then the World
June 17, 2010
6/17/10 Blake & Kane, WP, GOP leaders forced Rep. Barton to retract apology to BP
6/17/10 Phillips, CNN, Oil spill could trigger massive rescue effort of Florida's manatees
6/17/10 Washington's Blog, Did BP Start Losing Containment of the Oil Well in February?
6/17/10 Wasgington's Blog, BP's Largest Shareholder says Oil Spill Good for the Economy
6/17/10 Kucinich, Dandelion Salad, What if the BP Gusher in the Gulf is Unstoppable?
June 16, 2010
6/16/10 McClatchy, BP adds second vessel to Deepwater Horizon recovery efforts
6/16/10 BBC, BP to fund $20bn Gulf of Mexico oil spill payout
6/16/10 CNN, Drilling the relief wells
6/16/10 Reeves et al, AP, Sea creatures flee oil spill, gather near shore
June 15, 2010
6/15/10 Bolstad, McClatchy, BP rivals struggle to explain why plans look so similar
6/15/10 Taylor, McClatchy, BP's records on ill workers tell only part of the story
6/15/10 Simon, LAT, Gulf oil spill: Oil execs scolded for 'cookie cutter' spill plans
6/15/10 Chicago Daily Herald, Nalco Dispersant Makes Oil More Toxic to Marine Life, Group Says
6/15/10 Wang, ProPublica, Read: BP E-mails Show Decisions Pre-Blast to Save 'Lots of Time' and Money
6/15/10 Keim, Wired, BP's 'Nightmare' Well: Internal Documents Uncover Negligence
6/5/10 Werdigier, NYT, Once Quiet, BP Chairman Gets Moment in Spotlight
6/15/10 Wearden, Guardian, BP credit rating slashed as oil spill costs mount
6/15/10 Holland & Hays, Reuters, BP accused of repeated shortcuts
6/15/10 Roscoe & Baltimore, Reuters, BP faces grilling in Congress
6/15/10 Harkinson, MoJo, Did BP's Rig Pass A Key Safety Test--Or Not?
6/15/10 BBC, Stopping the oil - an interactive guide
June 14, 2010
6/14/10 Fountain, NYT, Documents Show Risky Decisions Before BP Blowout
6/14/10 Eilperin & Kessler, WP, After delays, U.S. begins to tap foreign aid for gulf oil spill
6/14/10 Mencimer, MoJo,Will the Cruise Ship Industry Do BP's Dirty Work?
6/14/10 BBC, The human cost of the oil spill
6/14/10 BBC, Oil spill 'will shape how US thinks about environment'
6/14/10 Bolstad, McClatchy, Congress blames BP cost-cutting for Gulf oil leak disaster
6/14/10 Seibel, McClatchy, BP warns that its new oil collection plan has safety risks
6/14/10 BBC, US oil spill: Mapping the oil slick
6/14/10 Hamburger & Geiger, LAT, Foreign flagging of offshore rigs skirts U.S. safety rules
6/14/10 BBC, Global deepwater oil production (good maps and tables)
June 13, 2010
6/13/10 CNN, Sensors to calculate oil flow rate deployed
6/13/10 Reuers, Obama to call for escrow fund for BP claims
6/13/10 CNN, Oil container washes ashore in Florida
June 12, 2010
6/12/10 Eley, WSWS, New evidence undermines latest BP-White House estimate of spill size
6/12/10 Ott, AlterNet, BP Is Destroying Evidence and Censoring Journalists
6/12/10 Yang, WP, Aftermath spawning profits for many contractors
6/12/10 Fallon, Guardian, Oil spill: BP 'may suspend dividend payout'
6/12/10 CNN, Global protest planned over BP's handling of oil disaster
6/12/10 Garvin, McClatchy, Ixtoc: The Gulf's other massive oil spill no longer apparent
6/12/10 Ott, AlterNet, BP Censoring Media, Destroying Evidence
6/12/10 Dickinson, Rolling Stone, The Spill, The Scandal and the President
6/12/10 Seibel, McClatchy, Coast Guard rejects BP oil leak plan as too little, too late
6/12/10 Murphy, LAT, Sea turtles' breeding tradition threatened
June 11, 2010
6/11/10 Niolet, NC News Observer, State bill would strike cap on oil spill damages
6/11/10 Thomma, McClatchy, Engineers say Interior changed oil report after they signed it
6/11/10 Schoof & taylor, McClatchy, Plan to burn excess oil from BP well raises health questions
6/11/10 Thomma, McClatchy, Obama overlooked key points in giving OK to offshore drilling
6/11/10 Hallinan, FPIF, The Oil Spills You Never Heard Of
6/11/10 Boudreau & Yager, CNN, Drill rig crew pressed to work faster, survivor says
6/11/10 Quinn, CSM, Eyeing BP oil spill, British question if North Sea oil firms also push bounds of safety
6/11/10 Kennedy, NYT, The Ahab Parallax: 'Moby Dick' and the Spill
June 10, 2010
6/10/10 Goldenberg, Guardian, BP Oil Leak Aftermath: Slow-Motion Tragedy Unfolds for Marine Life
6/10/10 Chavkin, ProPublica, Rise in Offshore Spills Raises Wider Questions on Drilling
6/10/10 Eley, WSWS, Government scientists confirm massive oil plumes
6/10/10 Sheppard, MoJo, Dick Cheney's Last Laugh
6/10/10 Miller, Alternet, BP Bets the Planet--We Lose
6/10/10 Clark, Guardian, BP shares slump as US presses oil firm to pay laid off workers
6/10/10 Erdman, CNN, Oil shows up near Alabama beach resort town
6/10/10 BBC, Gulf oil spill: US sets action plan deadline for BP
June 9, 2010
6/09/20 Bronstein & Drash, CNN, Rig survivors: BP ordered shortcut on day of blast
6/09/10 Moore, HuffingtonPost, A Requiem for the Gulf
6/09/10 Wang & Chavkin, BP's Spill Plans Had Few Ways to Stop a Blowout
6/10/10 Terkel, AlterNet, Former Bush Official Josh Bolten Advising BP On How To "Defend Its Interests" And Restore Its Reputation
6/09/10 Tankersley, LAT, Scientists fish for the elusive ghost of the Deepwater Horizon
6/09/10 Eilperin & Mufson, Increase in inspectors hasn't kept pace with boom in offshore U.S. oil rigs and projects
6/09/10 Peters, NYT, Efforts to Limit the Flow of Spill News
6/09/10 Newsom, McClatchy, BP declines to attend Mississippi hearings on the Gulf oil leak
6/09/10 Pritchard et al, AP, BP Spill Response Plans Severely Flawed
6/09/10 Taylor, McClatchy, Experts: BP's plan to protect spill workers inadequate
6/09/10 Seidman, McClatchy, Cousteau: U.S. oil spill response reflects 'soul of this country'
6/09/10 Wearden, Guardian, Battle to bring BP to account for oil spill intensifies
6/09/10 Landau, CNN, Gulf states tracking oil-related illnesses
6/09/10 Kostvitch, BBC, Sir David King: oil extraction a threat to the future
June 8, 2010
6/08/10 Public Record, Cheney's Push Of Deregulators Led To BP Disaster
6/08/10 Wang, ProPublica, Read Documents Showing BP's Pattern of Neglecting Its Own Safety Policies
6/08/10 Wang, ProPublica, BP Refuses to Provide Oil Samples to Scientists Investigating Underwater Plumes
6/08/10 Ludwig, TruthOut, Dispersant Disaster: A Closer Look at BP's Toxic Solution
6/08/10 Allen, Transcript of Adm. Thad Allen's Tuesday BP oil leak briefing
6/08/10 Bengali, McClatchy,
6/08/10 Lustgarten & Knutson, WP, Reports at BP over years find history of problems
6/08/10 Susman & Goffard, LAT, Rescuers struggle to save oil-soaked pelicans
6/08/10 Tankersley & Cart, LAT, Undersea oil 'clouds' confirmed in spill zone
6/08/10 Streitfeld, CNN, Oil disaster deadly for Gulf wildlife
6/08/10 BBC, Gulf spill: US tests confirm big underwater oil plumes
6/08/10 Bresnahan, BBC, Oil spill stress therapy for Louisiana fishermen
June 7, 2010
6/07/10 Berger, IPS, Oil Spill Comes at Worst Time for Endangered Bluefin Tuna
6/07/10 Brennan, WSWS, Behind the Gulf oil crisis: Big Oil extends its political influence
6/07/10 Schmidt, ProPublica, Photo of the Day: Oil Surf
6/07/10 Wang, ProPublica, Four Reasons Why Measuring Flow in BP's Spill Matters
6/07/10 Wang, ProPublica, Gulf Judges' Oil Ties May Present Conflicts of Interest
6/07/10 WP, Poll shows negative ratings for BP, federal government
6/07/10 McClatchy, What Congress was told Monday about the BP Gulf oil spill
6/07/10 Mason & Driver, Reuters, U.S. says oil spill cleanup may take years
6/07/10 French & Davenport, McClatchy, With 1 million gallons of dispersants in Gulf, worries mount
6/07/10 Leopold, CNN, Waterston: Gulf disaster 'is an enormous wake-up call'
6/07/10 Schoof & Bolstad, McClatchy, BP oil spill seems certain to surpass minimum estimates
6/07/10 EDIE, Set up global fund to insure against eco-disasters - Russia
6/07/10 Couwels, CNN, New oil plume evidence uncovered
6/07/10 BBC, Journey to centre of oil spill operation
6/07/10 BBC, Nordea bank ditches BP stake over oil spill
6/07/10 BBC, US Adm Thad Allen says oil clean-up 'will be years'
6/08/10 Dickinson, Rolling Stone, The Spill, The Scandal and the President
6/07/10 Quinn, posterous, Engulfed
6/07/10 Morris, BBC, US oil spill: Beach life under threat
June 6, 2010
6/06/10 Friedman, BP Buys 'Oil' Search Terms to Redirect Users to Official Company Website
6/06/10 BBC, BP cap captures '10,000 barrels' a day in US Gulf
June 5, 2010
6/05/10 Seitz-Wald, Think Progress, BP And Halliburton Build Legal Teams, Attempt To Buy Off Government Officials
6/05/10 Palast, Dandelion Salad, There's another BP oil spill (video)
6/05/10 Fahrenthold, WP, Gulf oil spill could push Pointe-au-Chien Indian tribe to the point of no return
June 4, 2010
6/04/10 USA Today, Oil's gruesome toll on wildlife slowly emerging
6/04/10 Bolstad, McClatchy, BP Looks to Profit from Oil Salvaged from Gushing Well
6/04/10 Wang, ProPublica, Former Valdez Cleanup Worker Warns of Toxic Dangers in the Gulf
6/04/10 Drash, CNN, Hurricanes could derail August oil leak deadline
6/04/10 BBC, BP chairman says dividend decision will be in July
6/04/10 BBC, BP begins to funnel off leaking Gulf of Mexico oil
June 3, 2010
6/03/10 Wang, ProPublica, BP, Prior to Gulf Accident, Said Measuring Oil
6/03/10 Mencimer, MoJo, BP Oil Spill: A Slippery Slope to FEMA Detention Camps?
6/03/10 Wearden, Guardian, Gulf oil spill: BP lacked the right tools to deal with crisis, chief executive admits
6/03/10 Macalister & Webb, Guardian, Gulf oil spill: BP to go ahead with $10bn shareholder payout
6/03/10 Nadal, FPIF, Gulf Oil Spill: America's Chernobyl
June 2, 2010
6/02/10 Hightower, AlterNet, Who the Hell's in Charge Here? BP Disaster Caused by a Nasty Mix of Government Impotence and Corporate Rule
6/02/10 Wang, ProPublica, Under Cheney's Influence, Wyoming's Oil Ties Flooded MMS
6/02/10 Johnson, Progressive, BP oil spill again severely affects people of color
6/02/10 Crooks, FT, BP 'not prepared' for deep-water spill
6/02/10 Mufson & Vargas, WP, BP loses 15 percent of market value as U.S. launches criminal probe of spill
6/01/10 Pender, Biloxi Sun-Herald, Oil hits Petit Bois Island
6/02/20 Rudolph, NYT, Deep Underwater, Oil Threatens Reefs
6/02/10 CNN, As oil slick spreads to other states, BP works to put cap over well
June 1, 2010
6/01/10 Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute, Deepwater Horizon and the Technology, Economics, and Environmental Impacts of Resource Depletion
6/01/10 Knutson & Wang, A Mystery: When Did Gov't Exempt Gulf Drilling from Detailed Enviro Reviews?
6/01/10 Wang, ProPublica, Air Sampling Finds a Compound in Toxic Dispersant Is Also in the Air
6/01/10 Reuters, U.S. fights Transocean's bid to limit liability
6/01/10 Bolstad & Clark, McClatchy, Gulf oil spill now a criminal investigation, Holder says
6/01/10 Mcgreal, Guardian, BP clashes with scientists over deep sea oil pollution
6/01/10 Pilkington, Guardian, Storm warning for Deepwater Horizon oil spill clean-up
5/31/10 CNN, Lawmaker disputes BP's claims about underwater oil
6/01/10 Harp, CNN, Spill response leader: 'Touch and go' through hurricane season
May 31, 2010
5/31/10 Brown, AP, Scientists warn of unseen deepwater oil disaster
May 27, 2010
5/27/10 Biggers, AlterNet, Oil Spills, Coal Disasters, Immigration Hysteria: Unlearned Lessons from 1924
5/26/10 Powers & Simons, LAT, Rig mechanic says BP was in a rush despite problems
5/27/10 Murphy & Tankersley, LAT, U.S. to suspend new exploratory oil drilling in the Arctic
May 26, 2010
5/26/10 Wang, ProPublica, More Reports of Illness Emerge Among Gulf Cleanup Workers
5/26/10 Tumulty, WP, Five questions for Obama on the oil spill
5/26/10 Urbina, NYT, BP Used Riskier Method to Seal Well Before Blast
5/26/10 Aristo, CNN, Gulf oil spill could foul Cuban waters
5/26/10 Wang, ProPublica, Read Congressional Memo That Confirms Warning Signs Before Rig Explosion
5/26/10 Fahrenthold, WP, Report shows close ties between rig inspectors, oil industry
5/25/10 Conniff, Progressive, EPA Should Ban BP
5/26/10 Cruz & Cart, LAT, Oil cleanup workers report illness
5/26/10 Simon & Leovy, LAT, BP reports warning signs before gulf oil rig explosion
5/26/10 Roher, BBC, What is a 'top kill'?
May 25, 2010
5/25/10 Mufson, WP, Pressure to save time, money may have contributed to oil disaster
5/25/10 Bolstad, McClatchy, Gulf well 'shouted' warnings for hours before BP rig explosion
5/25/10 Taylor & Shashank, McClatchy, Experts: Legal issues driving BP's oil spill stance
5/25/10 BBC, Gulf spill: BP reveals oil spill probe details
5/24/10 Juhasz, Guardian, How Far Should We Let Big Oil Go?
5/25/10 Eilperin, WP, U.S. oil drilling regulator ignored experts' red flags on environmental risks
5/25/10 Geiger & Hamburger, LAT, Oil companies have a rich history of U.S. subsidies
5/25/10 Goldenberg, Guardian, Gulf oil spill: White House orders BP to cut use of dispersant by half
5/25/10 CNN, Patience runs thin as BP preps untested maneuver to cap oil leak
May 24, 2010
5/24/10 McNulty, FT, BP offers $500m for damage study
5/24/10 Spillius, Telegraph, Gulf Oil Spill: Similar Disaster Could Occur in Arctic Later This Year
5/24/10 Reuters, U.S. declares fishery disaster in 3 Gulf states
5/24/10 CNN, Mixed messages as frustration mounts over Gulf oil spill
5/24/10 Krauss & Zeller, NYT, A Behind-the-Scenes Firm in the Spotlight
5/24/10 Urbina, NYT, Inspector General's Inquiry Faults Regulators
5/24/10 Chick, CSM, How bad is Gulf oil spill? A global Q&A on offshore oil spills
May 23, 2010
5/23/10 Reuters, U.S. Says Must Rely on BP to Stop Oil Spill in Gulf
5/21/10 Courson, CNN, Experts testify on grim ecological fallout from Gulf oil spill
5/23/10 McNulty, FT, Energy groups warned over accidents
5/23/10 Urbina, NYT, Despite Obama's Moratorium, Drilling Projects Move Ahead
5/23/10 Bengali, McClatchy, Thad Allen: Only BP has expertise to stop oil spill
5/23/10 Levoy, LAT, Oil spill caused by 'a confluence of unfortunate events'
5/23/10 BBC, US warns it may 'push BP aside' on Gulf oil clean-up
May 22, 2010
5/22/10 CNN, BP won't change dispersant used in oil spill -- for now
May 21, 2010
5/21/10 Lustgarten, ProPublica, EPA Officials Weigh Sanctions Against BP's U.S. Operations
5/21/10 Free, FPIF, Multinational Oil, The US and Nigeria: A Crude Contrast
5/21/10 EDIE, Watch the oil spill live on BP's website
5/21/10 Froomkin, Huffington, Gulf Oil Spill: Vast Majority of Pollution Could Lurk Below Surface for Months or Years
May 20, 2010
5/20/10 Urbina, NYT, Conflict of Interest Worries Raised in Spill Tests
5/20/10 Taylor, McClatchy, Low estimate of oil spill's size could save BP millions in court
5/20/10 Muskal, LAT, Gulf oil spill: EPA orders BP to use less toxic dispersant
5/20/10 Goldenberg, Guardian, Deepwater Horizon survivor describes horrors of blast and escape from rig
5/20/10 Curcio, FPIF, Plugging Africa's Leak
5/20/10 BBC, BP has fallen short in providing oil leak data, says US
5/20/10 Sassoon, Guardian, Did Deepwater methane hydrates cause the BP Gulf explosion?
5/20/10 CNN, BP touts containment efforts; heavy oil reaches Louisiana wetlands
5/20/10 CNN, Hopes pinned on Sunday attempt to stop Gulf oil leak
5/20/10 CNN, Photos: Oil hits wetlands
5/20/10 Madsen, WMR, White House Covers Up Menacing Oil "Blob"
May 19, 2010
5/19/10 BBC, Gulf oil now in powerful Loop Current, scientists say
5/19/10 Brock, Reuters, Africa's Oil Spills Are Far From U.S. Media Glare
5/19/10 Fahrenthold & Achenbach, WP, Florida Keys tar balls unrelated to BP spill
5/19/10 Gillis, NYT, Scientists Fault Lack of Studies Over Gulf Oil Spill
5/19/10 Schoof, McClatchy, Gulf oil spill leak now pegged at 95,000 barrels a day
5/19/10 Schooff & French, Gulf oil spill may be 19 times bigger than originally thought
5/19/10 Sheppard, MoJo, Why Is the EPA Letting BP Use Dirty Dispersants?
5/19/10 Boehm & Sahagun, LAT, BP oil spill poses PR dilemma for nonprofits
May 18, 2010
5/18/10 Schmidt, ProPublica, BP Gulf Oil Spill Slideshow
5/18/10 Wang, ProPublica, In Gulf Spill, BP Using Dispersants Banned in U.K.
5/18/10 Burkart, MNN, Coast Guard and BP threaten journalists with arrest for documenting oil spill
5/18/10 Al Jazeera, US commission to probe oil spill
5/18/10 Gorman, Reuters, Oil spill threatens way of life on Louisiana bayou
5/18/10 Yardley, NYT, Shell Offers Reassurances on Drilling
5/18/10 Chang, Miami Herald, Tar balls found along shore in Key West
5/18/10 Klare, MoJo, The Relentless Pursuit of Extreme Energy
5/18/10 McClatchy, BP withholds oil spill facts -- and government lets it
5/18/10 Goldenberg, Guardian, Atlantic coast now under threat as current spreads Gulf oil slick
May 17, 2010
5/17/10 Wang, ProPublica, BP Turns Down Offers to Better Measure Gulf Disaster
5/17/10 Thill, AlterNet, Brace Yourself: This Is the Tip of the Iceberg for Oil-Induced Enviro Catastrophes
5/17/10 Pilkington, Guardian, Submerged Oil Plumes Suggest Gulf Spill Is Worse Than BP Claims
5/17/10 Berger, IPS, Oil Sands Riskier than Gulf Spill, Say Investor Groups
5/17/10 CNN, Oil spill response to be assessed on Capitol Hill
May 16, 2010
5/16/10 Collins, AP, Huge Underwater Oil Plumes Found in Gulf of Mexico
5/16/10 Dahren, AP, Models indicate Gulf spill may be in major current
5/16/10 Achenbach, WP, Oil spill imperils an unseen world at the bottom of the gulf
5/16/10 Knudson, McClatchy, Quest for oil leaves trail of damage across the globe
May 15, 2010
5/15/10 Merchant, Treehugger, Already-Vanishing Oyster Reefs Under Threat from Oil Spill (Video)
5/15/10 Goddard, Telegraph, BP Accused of Using Gulf of Mexico as 'Toxic Testing-Ground'
5/15/10 CNN, What are oil dispersants?
5/15/10 Fahrenthold & Eilperin, WP, Challenge of cleaning up Gulf of Mexico oil spill 'unprecedented' at such depths
5/15/10 CNN, Feds approve use of underwater dispersants for oil spill
May 14, 2010
5/14/10 Wang, ProPublica, Gulf Oil Spill Update: Way Worse Than They Told Us
5/14/10 Cardinale, IPS, Ecosystem in Peril after Gulf Oil Spill
5/14/10 Eley, WSWS, What caused the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon?
5/14/10 Eilperin, WP, MMS ignores environmental permits
5/13/10 Goldenberg, Guardian, Marine scientists study ocean-floor film of Deepwater oil leak
5/14/10 CNN, Congressman to launch inquiry on how much oil is gushing into Gulf
May 13, 2010
5/13/10 Eilperin, WP, White House, BP unprepared for relationship in wake of oil spill
5/13/10 Weaver, Guardian, Obama to force BP to pay more cleanup costs for Deepwater disaster
5/13/10 Goldenberg, Guardian, Oil Firms Ignored Warning Signs Before Blast, Inquiry Hears
5/13/10 Mufson, WP, Owner of gulf oil drilling rig tries to limit liability for spill
5/13/10 Urbina, NYT, U.S. Said to Allow Drilling Without Needed Permits
5/13/10 Bluemink, ADN, Shell tweaks Arctic oil spill safeguards
May 12, 2010
5/12/10 Eley, WSWS, US Senate begins oil spill cover-up
5/12/10 Reccio et al, McClatchy, Oil spill: BP had wrong diagram to close blowout preventer
May 11, 2010
5/11/10 Wang, ProPublica, After Spill, More Gulf Drilling Plans Got Environmental Exemptions
5/11/10 BBC, Oil firms 'set to clash in US Senate' over rig disaster
May 10, 2010
5/10/10 Wang, ProPublica, EPA Approves BP's Use of Questionable Chemicals to Break Up Oil
5/10/10 Kishore, WSWS, Obama administration blocked efforts to stop BP oil drilling before explosion
5/10/10 Wardell, AP, BP says oil spill cost $350 million so far
5/10/10 Montgomery, Star-Telegram, Texas officials bracing for a 'tar ball event' as oil spill drifts west
5/10/10 Bolstad, McClatchy, BP, Transocean, Halliburton will blame one another for spill
5/10/10 Leahy, IPS, We Can Live Without Oil, But Not Without Flora and Fauna
5/10/10 Seba, Reuters, Oil spill solutions uncertain, slick spreads west
5/10/10 Kroll, MoJo, BP: From Oil Spilling to Financial Reform Killing
5/10/10 BBC, BP 'may stem oil with golf balls and tyres'
May 9, 2010
5/09/10 Guardian, Gulf oil spill: quick fix dashed as BP tower fails to contain oil
May 8, 2010
5/08/10 Eley, WSWS, The BP oil spill and American capitalism
5/08/10 Taylor, McClatchy, Since Spill, Feds Have Given 27 Waivers to Oil Companies in Gulf
5/08/10 Mouawad, NYT, For BP, a History of Spills and Safety Lapses
5/08/10 Batty, Guardian, Deepwater Horizon blast triggered by methane bubble, report shows
5/08/10 BBC, Problems with containment box halt US Gulf oil leak fix
May 7, 2010
5/07/10 Wang, ProPublica, Offshore Drilling Regulators Had Concerns, but Let Industry Self-Police
5/07/10 Flesher, AP, Oil spill may endanger human health, officials say
5/07/10 Saslow & Fahrenthold, WP, Oil riggers on ship that exploded in Gulf of Mexico describe fateful night
5/07/10 Bigg, Reuters, Huge chamber being positioned over Gulf oil leak
5/07/10 Boxall & Leovy, LAT, Oil slick reaches Louisiana's barrier islands
May 6, 2010
5/06/10 Wang, ProPublica, Gulf Oil Spill FAQ: What Happened, What May Have Caused it, and Who's Responsible
5/06/10 Kunzleman & Pienciak, AP, Feds Let BP Avoid Filing Blowout Plan for Gulf Rig
5/06/10 White, LAT, Oil spill's economic damage could be permanent
5/06/10 Hargreaves, CNN, Oil spill costs: What will BP really pay?
May 5, 2010
5/05/10 Keim, Wired, Toxic Oil Dispersant Used in Gulf Despite Better Alternative
5/05/10 Borenstein, AP, Oil's hidden costs visible, but will it matter?
5/05/10 Lovley, Politico, Obama Biggest Recipient of BP Cash
5/05/10 Faussett & Levoy, LAT, BP gives Congress gloomy outlook on gulf oil spill
5/05/10 Guardian, Shell reports record oil spillages in Nigeria
5/05/10 Rosenthal, NYT, In Gulf of Mexico, Chemicals Under Scrutiny
May 4, 2010
5/03/10 Lindorff, PublicRecord, Uh-Oh: Hurricane Season and the BP Oil Rig Disaster
5/04/10 Wang, ProPublica, Oil Companies Pay a Pittance in Penalties to Offshore Drilling Regulator
5/04/10 Wang, ProPublica, Nonprofit Conservation Group Has Ties to Oil Interests, Gulf Oil Spill
5/04/10 Eilperin, WP, Oil spill concerns turn to compensation
May 3, 2010
5/03/10 Skoloff, AP, Scientist Doesn't See a Way for Preventing Oil From Reaching Florida Keys, Eastern Seaboard
5/03/10 Smith, Star-Telegram, Energy experts disagree on whether gulf oil spill will lead to higher gas prices
5/03/10 Todd, CNN, BP to try unprecedented engineering feat to stop oil spill
May 2, 2010
5/02/10 AP, BP chief: failed equipment caused explosion, spill
5/02/10 Pilkington, Guardian, Barack Obama flies in to meet BP chief over Deepwater Horizon oil spill
5/02/10 Rosenberg, OpenLeft, Gulf oil spill growing exponentially? A tiny taste of what's to come for planet.
May 1, 2010
5/01/10 Burdreau & Mohr, AP, Document: BP didn't plan for major oil spill
5/01/10 BBC, Pressure mounts on British oil giant to tackle slick
5/01/10 Jha, Guardian, Deepwater Horizon: Conservationists Warn of 'True Catastrophe' for Wildlife
5/01/10 Kaufman, NYT, New Technique Holds Hope for Oil Spill Cleanup
April 30, 2010
4/30/10 Leovy, NYT, BP's containment problem is unprecedented
4/30/10 Jones, WSWS, Gulf oil spill threatens economic, environmental catastrophe
4/30/10 AP, Axelrod: No new drilling until answers on accident
4/30/10 Burdeau, WP, Pelicans, otters along La. shore in path of spill
4/30/10 CNN, Gulf Coast fears 'disaster' as oil slick closes in
5/30/10 BBC, Oil spill sparks new drilling ban
April 29, 2010
4/29/10 Wang, ProPublica, Gulf Oil Spill Puts Spotlight on Regulator With Mixed Record
4/29/10 Lustgarten, ProPublica, BP Had Other Problems in Years Leading to Gulf Spill
4/29/10 BBC, Gulf of Mexico oil slick said to be five times bigger
4/29/10 BBC, US military joins Gulf of Mexico oil spill effort
April 28, 2010
4/28/10 Lindorff, PublicRecord, The Stupidity of Obama's Drill-Drill-Drill Offshore Oil Policy
4/28/10 BBC, US considers setting fire to Gulf of Mexico oil leak
April 27, 2010
4/27/10 Baltimore, Reuters, Gulf of Mexico spill may hit coast this weekend
4/27/10 Kleit, CNN, Coal, oil and the price we're willing to pay
April 25, 2010
4/25/10 Al Jazeera, US oil rig spill 'very serious'
April 24, 2010
4/24/10 Robertson, NYT, Oil Leaking Underwater From Well in Rig Blast
April 23, 2010
4/23/10 Korosec, BNET, Peak Oil Era: Why the Cost and Risk of Oil Exploration Will Keep Rising
April 22, 2010
4/22/10 Robertson & Krauss, NYT, Oil Rig Sinks, Raising Fears of Major Spill