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April 8, 2011
November 9, 2010
September 8, 2010
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
July 23, 2010
7/23/10 Lee, WSWS, Fishermen on strike against BP
July 22, 2010
July 21, 2010
July 19, 2010
7/19/10 Cantarow, MoJo, Big Oil Makes War on the Earth
July 18, 2010
July 16, 2010
July 15, 2010
7/15/10 Biloxi Sun Herald, Oil Spill Coverage
July 14, 2010
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
July 10, 2010
July 9, 2010
7/09/10 Dandelion Salad, BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster Videos
7/09/10 Moskvitch, BBC, Russian sub 'could stop oil leak'
July 6, 2010
July 5, 2010
7/05/10 Wray, Guardian, BP asks oil spill partners to pay $400m
July 4, 2010
July 3, 2010
7/03/10 Goldenberg, Guardian, Sylvia Earle: Swimming with sharks and oil
July 2, 2010
7/02/10 McCarthy, Independent, Deep-Sea Mining Adds to Fears of Marine Pollution
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 Wharton, ITT, BP: The Case for Public Ownership
June 30, 2010
6/30/10 Wang, ProPublica, BP Fined $5.2 Million for False Reporting
6/30/10 Harkinson, MoJo, BP: Beyond Prosecution
June 29, 2010
June 28, 2010
June 27, 2010
June 26, 2010
June 25, 2010
6/25/10 YouTube of 6/22/10, Oil Rain In Louisiana
6/25/10 Washington's Blog, CRG, Oil Spill Might Be Making Natural Seeps Larger
June 24, 2010
6/24/10 Dowell, GlobalPost, Gulf oil spill? You ain't seen nothing yet
6/24/10 Hedgepeth & Fahrenthold, WP, Apparent suicide by fishing boat captain underlines oil spill's emotional toll
June 23, 2010
6/23/10 Phillips, CNN, Oil soaks miles of Pensacola Beach
June 22, 2010
6/22/10 Farge & Lawler, Reuters, Oil drillers, users say world needs deepwater wells
June 21, 2010
6/21/10 Tremblay, The New American Empire, The Bush-Cheney Gulf Coast Oil Spill of 2010
June 20, 2010
6/20/10 Kemph, TruthOut, American Chernobyl
June 19, 2010
6/19/10 Klein, Guardian, Gulf oil spill: A hole in the world
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 Spencer, BBC, Daily View: BP's day at Congress
6/18/10 Collins, IntelDaily, Big Oil - First Nigeria then the World
June 17, 2010
6/17/10 Kucinich, Dandelion Salad, What if the BP Gusher in the Gulf is Unstoppable?
June 16, 2010
June 15, 2010
6/15/10 Holland & Hays, Reuters, BP accused of repeated shortcuts
6/15/10 Roscoe & Baltimore, Reuters, BP faces grilling in Congress
June 14, 2010
6/14/10 BBC, Global deepwater oil production (good maps and tables)
June 13, 2010
June 12, 2010
6/12/10 Dickinson, Rolling Stone, The Spill, The Scandal and the President
June 11, 2010
6/11/10 Niolet, NC News Observer, State bill would strike cap on oil spill damages
6/11/10 Hallinan, FPIF, The Oil Spills You Never Heard Of
June 10, 2010
6/10/10 Sheppard, MoJo, Dick Cheney's Last Laugh
6/10/10 Miller, Alternet, BP Bets the Planet--We Lose
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 Pritchard et al, AP, BP Spill Response Plans Severely Flawed
June 8, 2010
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
June 7, 2010
6/07/10 Schmidt, ProPublica, Photo of the Day: Oil Surf
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 Schoof & Bolstad, McClatchy, BP oil spill seems certain to surpass minimum estimates
6/07/10 Couwels, CNN, New oil plume evidence uncovered
6/08/10 Dickinson, Rolling Stone, The Spill, The Scandal and the President
6/07/10 Quinn, posterous, Engulfed
June 6, 2010
June 5, 2010
6/05/10 Palast, Dandelion Salad, There's another BP oil spill (video)
June 4, 2010
June 3, 2010
June 2, 2010
6/01/10 Pender, Biloxi Sun-Herald, Oil hits Petit Bois Island
6/02/20 Rudolph, NYT, Deep Underwater, Oil Threatens Reefs
June 1, 2010
6/01/10 Bolstad & Clark, McClatchy, Gulf oil spill now a criminal investigation, Holder says
May 31, 2010
May 27, 2010
May 26, 2010
5/25/10 Conniff, Progressive, EPA Should Ban BP
5/26/10 Cruz & Cart, LAT, Oil cleanup workers report illness
5/26/10 Roher, BBC, What is a 'top kill'?
May 25, 2010
5/25/10 Taylor & Shashank, McClatchy, Experts: Legal issues driving BP's oil spill stance
5/24/10 Juhasz, Guardian, How Far Should We Let Big Oil Go?
5/25/10 Geiger & Hamburger, LAT, Oil companies have a rich history of U.S. subsidies
May 24, 2010
5/24/10 McNulty, FT, BP offers $500m for damage study
5/24/10 Krauss & Zeller, NYT, A Behind-the-Scenes Firm in the Spotlight
May 23, 2010
May 22, 2010
May 21, 2010
May 20, 2010
5/20/10 Curcio, FPIF, Plugging Africa's Leak
May 19, 2010
5/19/10 Fahrenthold & Achenbach, WP, Florida Keys tar balls unrelated to BP spill
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 Al Jazeera, US commission to probe oil spill
5/18/10 Chang, Miami Herald, Tar balls found along shore in Key West
May 17, 2010
May 16, 2010
May 15, 2010
May 14, 2010
5/14/10 Cardinale, IPS, Ecosystem in Peril after Gulf Oil Spill
5/14/10 Eilperin, WP, MMS ignores environmental permits
May 13, 2010
May 12, 2010
May 11, 2010
May 10, 2010
May 9, 2010
May 8, 2010
May 7, 2010
5/07/10 Boxall & Leovy, LAT, Oil slick reaches Louisiana's barrier islands
May 6, 2010
5/06/10 Kunzleman & Pienciak, AP, Feds Let BP Avoid Filing Blowout Plan for Gulf Rig
May 5, 2010
5/05/10 Lovley, Politico, Obama Biggest Recipient of BP Cash
May 4, 2010
5/03/10 Lindorff, PublicRecord, Uh-Oh: Hurricane Season and the BP Oil Rig Disaster
May 3, 2010
May 2, 2010
May 1, 2010
5/01/10 Burdreau & Mohr, AP, Document: BP didn't plan for major oil spill
April 30, 2010
April 29, 2010
April 28, 2010
April 27, 2010
April 25, 2010
4/25/10 Al Jazeera, US oil rig spill 'very serious'
April 24, 2010
April 23, 2010
April 22, 2010
4/22/10 Robertson & Krauss, NYT, Oil Rig Sinks, Raising Fears of Major Spill