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10 Things You Need (But Don't Want) To Know About the BP Oil Spill

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. May 27, 2010.

How the owner of the exploded oil rig has made $270 million off the disaster, and nine other shocking, depressing facts about the oil spill.

Will BP Be Held Responsible? Not if Senator Lisa Murkowski Can Help It

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. May 21, 2010.

Lisa Murkowski gets hundreds of thousands of dollars from the industry she's now charged with interrogating. What will this mean for the BP cleanup?

BP's Oil Disaster: The Numbers Will Shock You

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. May 5, 2010.

At best 20% of the oil spill may be recoverable. Though we don't yet know the full extent of the disaster, one thing is for sure: regulatory failures paved the way.

7 Biggest Environmental Disasters -- Where Are They Now?

Stephanie Rogers, EcoSalon. April 12, 2010.

These 7 catastrophic environmental disasters have had a profound effect upon the earth and local residents that continues today, as many as 50 years later.

Exxon Valdez: The Killing Did Not Stop in 1989

Dr. Riki Ott, AlterNet. March 24, 2009.

The spill killed more wildlife than any other spill to this day, and it continues to spread destruction.

The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: On Its 20th Anniversary, We Can't Let Corporate Media Tell the Story

Meg White, BuzzFlash. March 23, 2009.

A lot of the media telling the story have spoken to Big Oil before talking to small town Alaska.