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"The Oil Is Not Gone": BP Tries to Block Gulf Residents from Shareholder Meeting

Antonia Juhasz, AlterNet. April 17, 2011.

BP tried to deny me and others affected by the spill access to their shareholder meeting, but we would not be silenced.

Mystery Illnesses Plague Louisiana Oil Spill Crews

Agence France PresseApril 17, 2011.

The state of Louisiana has reported 415 cases of health problems linked to the spill.

Naomi Klein: Why Climate Change Is So Threatening to Right-Wing Ideologues

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. March 9, 2011.

"Climate change challenges everything conservatives believe in. So they're choosing to disbelieve it, at our peril."

New Evidence Links BP to Health Crisis in the Gulf

Brad Jacobson, AlterNet. November 5, 2010.

Severe headaches, nausea, respiratory problems, burning eyes and throat, earache and chest pains -- and that's just the beginning.

Congressman: BP "Openly Blackmailing the American Government"

Kate Sheppard, Mother Jones Online. September 8, 2010.

BP now claims they can't possibly be able to compensate all the victims of the Deepwater Horizon spill without the government giving them more drilling permits.

We Have Yet to Come Face to Face with the Biggest Cost of the BP Spill

Raj Patel, The Nation. August 17, 2010.

The BP spill must be a wake-up call -- to re-imagine our economy, our politics and our energy needs, or else to calculate just how much more we are willing to lose.

Is the News Coming From the Gulf Too Good To Be True? Unfortunately, Yes

Jill Richardson, AlterNet. August 10, 2010.

Thad Allen may be struggling to find the oil, but that's not because it's all gone.

Just How Badly Have We Screwed Up the Gulf Ecosystem?

Nicole Edmison, AlterNet. August 5, 2010.

It's time to start figuring out how badly we messed up the Gulf ecosystem, if it will recover, and what we can do to help.

Exploring the Crazy Conspiracy Theories Bubbling Up Around the BP Disaster

Sara Robinson, Blog for Our Future. July 17, 2010.

You've heard the latest one, right? The one about how President Obama deliberately blew up the Deepwater Horizon to pass an energy bill?

Joe Bageant: Our Plunder of Nature Will End Up Killing Capitalism and Our Obscene Lifestyles

Joe Bageant, JoeBageant.com. July 11, 2010.

To anyone who is paying attention, things look doomed. Fortunately for American capitalism, nobody is paying attention. They never have.

Charter Captain Claims Turtles Fried in Gulf Oil Fires

Environment News ServiceJune 29, 2010.

When BP and the U.S. Coast Guard set fire to spilled oil on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico to keep it from reaching shore, are endangered sea turtles being burned alive?

Is Gov. Bobby Jindal Sabotaging Gulf Efforts for Political Gain?

Faiz Shakir, The Progress Report. June 28, 2010.

He has delayed the deployment of National Guard troops, led a crusade to build sand berms thatexperts say won't work, and confused the planning of the spill response.

BP's Hole in the World: The Absurdity of the Fix-It Mentality

Naomi Klein, The Nation. June 28, 2010.

The BP disaster shows how little control even the most ingenious among us have over the intricately interconnected natural forces with which we so casually meddle.

Gulf Residents Scared Oil Industry Will Leave: Will We Ever Break Our Abusive Relationship With Oil?

Jason Mark, AlterNet. June 24, 2010.

Leaving our abusive relationship with oil and gas will cause creative destruction on a scale we have never experienced.

Is BP Burning Endangered Sea Turtles Alive?

Michael Graham Richard, TreeHugger. June 22, 2010.

Why BP may be trying to destroy the evidence by burning it.

Why BP's Dumb Investors Need to Stop Crying

George Monbiot, Monbiot.com. June 22, 2010.

Whenever greens or ethical investors warned them about BP's cavalier behavior, instead of thanking them, the big fund managers reacted with hostility.

4 Ways BP and Officials Are Working to Suppress the Outrageous Facts About the Gulf Disaster

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. June 17, 2010.

From intimidating reporters to trying to enforce no-fly zones, there seems to be a concerted effort to block public access to information.

The Gulf Coast Catastrophe: Let's Put Our Trust in Women's Solutions

Susan Wefald, Ms. Foundation for Women. June 16, 2010.

We've got an awfully big mess to clean up in the Gulf -- let's turn to the wisdom of investing in women to help solve it.

The BP Speech: Obama Still Refuses to Lead

Zach Carter, AlterNet. June 15, 2010.

Faced with the worst environmental disaster in history, Obama wants change. He just won't fight for it.

BP Pressed to Set Aside $20 Billion for Oil Spill Costs

Environment News ServiceJune 15, 2010.

Senators say a $20 billion account is needed now because while legislative action is forthcoming, the damages from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are "immediate."

Why the U.S. Still Can't Get BP to Do What's Necessary

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. June 14, 2010.

Right now BP's first responsibility is to its creditors and shareholders, not to the American public: Here's a better idea.

Does BP Plan to Rip Off the Families of Killed Rig Workers?

Stephanie Mencimer, Mother Jones. June 14, 2010.

The Deepwater rig is legally considered an ocean-going vessel, as a result BP could get away with shelling out sums as paltry as $1,000 to families of workers killed in the blast.

BP Is Destroying Evidence and Censoring Journalists

Riki Ott, AlterNet. June 12, 2010.

BP is using federal agencies to shield itself from public accountability and is actually disappearing oiled wildlife.

How Oil Spills Affect the Food Chain

Vanessa Barrington, EcoSalon. June 11, 2010.

The reason disasters like this happen is due to a lack of understanding that, though we may be at the top of the food chain, we are not separate from it.

Oil Spill Threatens to Smother Gulf Coast Food Cultures, Hundreds of Species at Risk

Gary Nabhan, Grist.org. June 11, 2010.

In the Gulf Coast over 240 place-based foods are now at risk -- 138 of them directly affected by the oil spill.

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