by jamess
BP Hard To Pin Down On Oil Spill Claims NPR, Morning Edition - May 24, 2010 Yuki Noguchi BP has repeatedly said it would pay all legitimate claims resulting from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, but such promises raise a crucial question: What exactly does "legitimate claim" mean? [...] BP has declined to define the term or provide examples. BP American President Lamar McKay remained steadfastly vague during a Senate hearing this month. Despite prodding from Washington Democrat Maria Cantwell, McKay would not veer off of his message: We're going to pay all legitimate claims. A BP spokesman declined to discuss the company's definition of "legitimate." In an e-mail, the spokesman said BP hired a firm called ESIS to assess all oil spill claims. As of last week, it had received nearly 16,000 claims. The spokesman said BP has in some cases paid some claims within 48 hours of receiving supporting documentation. What exactly does "legitimate claim" mean? Good Question. Perhaps this can give us a clue:
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Monday, May 24, 2010
Iowa Ag Sec.--Who's Afraid of Francis Thicke?
by Francis Thicke
Some farmers are afraid of me. I know this because a farmer named Jerry wrote a letterto the Des Moines Register recently saying that they are scared. It would be a "scary scenario for mainstream agriculture" if I got elected as Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, he said. Francis Thicke is a "true believer in everything organic," he shuddered. Running for office is an adventure. But I never expected to learn that Iowa farmers, who are among the most resilient, shrewd and creative people on the planet, are afraid of a mild-mannered organic dairy farmer with a PhD in Agronomy and some ideas for helping them meet challenges such as peak oil. So I thought I would write him a letter to reassure him that I'm not scary, because if we don't get our act together to deal with the real challenges of peak oil, the disruptions caused by climate change, and the growing monopoly power of corporate agribusiness, then we really will have cause for concern. (My letter, and a sincere thank you to DKGreenroots, below.)
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Some farmers are afraid of me. I know this because a farmer named Jerry wrote a letterto the Des Moines Register recently saying that they are scared. It would be a "scary scenario for mainstream agriculture" if I got elected as Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, he said. Francis Thicke is a "true believer in everything organic," he shuddered. Running for office is an adventure. But I never expected to learn that Iowa farmers, who are among the most resilient, shrewd and creative people on the planet, are afraid of a mild-mannered organic dairy farmer with a PhD in Agronomy and some ideas for helping them meet challenges such as peak oil. So I thought I would write him a letter to reassure him that I'm not scary, because if we don't get our act together to deal with the real challenges of peak oil, the disruptions caused by climate change, and the growing monopoly power of corporate agribusiness, then we really will have cause for concern. (My letter, and a sincere thank you to DKGreenroots, below.)
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CO-SEN Live Chat With Andrew Romanoff
by Andrew Romanoff
Thank you for joining me this afternoon. I look forward to our conversation. Two days ago, I won the Colorado Democratic Assembly by 21 points. I am honored to have earned the top spot on the August ballot. As I told the delegates on Saturday, the Democratic Party I led – and the Democratic Party I still believe in – doesn’t let drillers off the hook when they desecrate our environment. We force them to pay for the damage they cause and make sure it never happens again, and we revolutionize our energy policy, so that no longer have to foul our oceans or spoil our skies – or spill our blood – just to power our planet.
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Thank you for joining me this afternoon. I look forward to our conversation. Two days ago, I won the Colorado Democratic Assembly by 21 points. I am honored to have earned the top spot on the August ballot. As I told the delegates on Saturday, the Democratic Party I led – and the Democratic Party I still believe in – doesn’t let drillers off the hook when they desecrate our environment. We force them to pay for the damage they cause and make sure it never happens again, and we revolutionize our energy policy, so that no longer have to foul our oceans or spoil our skies – or spill our blood – just to power our planet.
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Macca's Meatless Monday...Tofu On The Hill
by beach babe in fl
In this weekly series we have been discussing the benefits of a vegetarian diet including; better health pdf, food safety, global food crisis, animal rights, frugal living and the huge contribution of meat production to climate change/depletion of resources. Where the environment is concerned, eating meat is like driving a 16-wheeler and leaving the engine running all the time. Eating a vegetarian diet is like riding a motorbike, and eating a vegan diet is like riding a bicycle. the average vegan uses about one-sixth of an acre of land to satisfy his or her food requirements for an entire year; the average vegetarian requires about three times as much land; and the average meat-eater requires about 20 times as much land. It takes about four times as much water to feed a vegetarian as it does to feed a vegan and 14 times as much water to feed a meat-eater.
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In this weekly series we have been discussing the benefits of a vegetarian diet including; better health pdf, food safety, global food crisis, animal rights, frugal living and the huge contribution of meat production to climate change/depletion of resources. Where the environment is concerned, eating meat is like driving a 16-wheeler and leaving the engine running all the time. Eating a vegetarian diet is like riding a motorbike, and eating a vegan diet is like riding a bicycle. the average vegan uses about one-sixth of an acre of land to satisfy his or her food requirements for an entire year; the average vegetarian requires about three times as much land; and the average meat-eater requires about 20 times as much land. It takes about four times as much water to feed a vegetarian as it does to feed a vegan and 14 times as much water to feed a meat-eater.
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The Government Can Federalize The Oil Spill!
by slinkerwink
Yesterday, there was a diary that said that the government couldn't have direct involvement in the oil spill. Update 5 9:37 PM CDT With kudos to Patriot News Daily Clearinghouse for posting the link on its diary (which is well-written and a good addition to the information I've posted), we see this info via Thad Allen, who's in charge of the federal government response. It appears that the government isn't just posturing. It's legally not permitted to clean up. Congress "fixed" the law after the Exxon Valdez spill. The government is overseeing the cleanup and response, but the official responsible for the oversight said he understands the discontent. .... As simple as it may seem, the law prevents the government from just taking over, Allen said. After the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska, Congress dictated that oil companies be responsible for dealing with major accidents — including paying for all cleanup — with oversight by federal agencies. Not so. This line of argument is false, as shown below the jumpby those knowledgeableof the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.
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Yesterday, there was a diary that said that the government couldn't have direct involvement in the oil spill. Update 5 9:37 PM CDT With kudos to Patriot News Daily Clearinghouse for posting the link on its diary (which is well-written and a good addition to the information I've posted), we see this info via Thad Allen, who's in charge of the federal government response. It appears that the government isn't just posturing. It's legally not permitted to clean up. Congress "fixed" the law after the Exxon Valdez spill. The government is overseeing the cleanup and response, but the official responsible for the oversight said he understands the discontent. .... As simple as it may seem, the law prevents the government from just taking over, Allen said. After the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska, Congress dictated that oil companies be responsible for dealing with major accidents — including paying for all cleanup — with oversight by federal agencies. Not so. This line of argument is false, as shown below the jumpby those knowledgeableof the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.
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Oil and Gas Exemptions in NEPA
by gchaucer2
When I started writing this diary, I intended to examine seven major environmental laws which provide exemptions for the oil and gas industry. There is just too much information regarding each statute to cram into one diary and do any justice to the topic. I'll start with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). This is my favorite environmental law because of the beauty of the Congressional intent, the real sense of hope that we could be better stewards and the powerful tools which were supposed to curb the ongoing corruption of the earth, air and water. For decades the oil and gas industry have enjoyed exemptions from major environmental laws which would otherwise directly affect their operations and profits. All of the exemptions can't be laid at the doorstep of former Vice President Halliburton Cheney, but the one which had a profound impact on NEPA in 2005 most definitely is his manipulation. The tragedy unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico is the result of many things, obvious to all readers here. This diary and ones I hope to write on six other statutes, aren't directly about the ongoing catastrophe; they will provide, however, one perspective of how we got here.
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When I started writing this diary, I intended to examine seven major environmental laws which provide exemptions for the oil and gas industry. There is just too much information regarding each statute to cram into one diary and do any justice to the topic. I'll start with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). This is my favorite environmental law because of the beauty of the Congressional intent, the real sense of hope that we could be better stewards and the powerful tools which were supposed to curb the ongoing corruption of the earth, air and water. For decades the oil and gas industry have enjoyed exemptions from major environmental laws which would otherwise directly affect their operations and profits. All of the exemptions can't be laid at the doorstep of former Vice President Halliburton Cheney, but the one which had a profound impact on NEPA in 2005 most definitely is his manipulation. The tragedy unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico is the result of many things, obvious to all readers here. This diary and ones I hope to write on six other statutes, aren't directly about the ongoing catastrophe; they will provide, however, one perspective of how we got here.
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Science Tidbits
by possum
Monday, Monday. Magical, marvelous Monday is here one more time. Time to take a well deserved hiatus from all the politics of the day and enjoy some of the fine science news of the past week. New discoveries, new takes on old knowledge, and other bits of news are all available for the perusing in today's information world. Over the fold are selections from the past week from a few of the many excellent science news sites around the world. Today's tidbits include warming of Lake Tanganyika threatens fishing, sharing air around the globe, Greenland rising as ice melts, calculating the depth of the world's oceans, mercury levels are increasing in popular game fish in Lake Erie, and tracing polluted groundwater to the sea. Come gather around the fire for one more session of Dr. Possum's science education and entertainment.
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Monday, Monday. Magical, marvelous Monday is here one more time. Time to take a well deserved hiatus from all the politics of the day and enjoy some of the fine science news of the past week. New discoveries, new takes on old knowledge, and other bits of news are all available for the perusing in today's information world. Over the fold are selections from the past week from a few of the many excellent science news sites around the world. Today's tidbits include warming of Lake Tanganyika threatens fishing, sharing air around the globe, Greenland rising as ice melts, calculating the depth of the world's oceans, mercury levels are increasing in popular game fish in Lake Erie, and tracing polluted groundwater to the sea. Come gather around the fire for one more session of Dr. Possum's science education and entertainment.
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Sarah Palin's Supposed Energy Expertise Backfires. Again.
by Avenging Angel
During the 2008 campaign, John McCain said of his running mate Sarah Palin, "She knows more about energy than probably anyone else in the United States of America." As it turns out, not so much. The half-term Alaska Governor literally had no idea how much energy her state produced and suffered from selective amnesia over the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill that devastated her coastlines. Now, after Palin accused President Obama of being in bed with big oil, even the Wall Street Journal took her to task for getting it comically wrong.
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During the 2008 campaign, John McCain said of his running mate Sarah Palin, "She knows more about energy than probably anyone else in the United States of America." As it turns out, not so much. The half-term Alaska Governor literally had no idea how much energy her state produced and suffered from selective amnesia over the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill that devastated her coastlines. Now, after Palin accused President Obama of being in bed with big oil, even the Wall Street Journal took her to task for getting it comically wrong.
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Special investigation: Coal's dirty secret
by Sue Sturgis
Coal ash is one of the country's biggest waste streams and is full of toxic substances, yet it remains virtually unregulated. Can Washington overcome the fierce opposition of energy interests to protect communities and the environment?
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Coal ash is one of the country's biggest waste streams and is full of toxic substances, yet it remains virtually unregulated. Can Washington overcome the fierce opposition of energy interests to protect communities and the environment?
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Environment and Food in Haiti: Two Crises, One Solution
by Bev Bell
In part II of an interview, Chavannes Jean-Baptiste discusses the role that agriculture can play in Haiti in addressing both the environmental and food crises. (See “The Clock is Set to Zero” for the first part.) Jean-Baptiste is the Executive Director of the Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP by its Creole acronym) and the spokesperson for the National Peasant Movement of the Congress of Papay (MPNKP). Until this year, he also sat on the international coordinating committee of VÃa Campesina, a confederation of organizations of peasant, family, indigenous, and landless farmers from more than sixty countries.
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In part II of an interview, Chavannes Jean-Baptiste discusses the role that agriculture can play in Haiti in addressing both the environmental and food crises. (See “The Clock is Set to Zero” for the first part.) Jean-Baptiste is the Executive Director of the Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP by its Creole acronym) and the spokesperson for the National Peasant Movement of the Congress of Papay (MPNKP). Until this year, he also sat on the international coordinating committee of VÃa Campesina, a confederation of organizations of peasant, family, indigenous, and landless farmers from more than sixty countries.
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Music Saves Mountains: Concert recap, photos and more!
by rperks
Was it all a dream? That's what I keep wondering about NRDC's Music Saves Mountains benefit councert last week, the biggest gathering of singers and songwriters to raise awareness of -- and to fight against -- mountaintop removal coal mining. Fortunately, I returned from Nashville with a souvenir Hatch show print that proves it actually took place -- not to mention the jaw-dropping press coverage detailing this special event.
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Was it all a dream? That's what I keep wondering about NRDC's Music Saves Mountains benefit councert last week, the biggest gathering of singers and songwriters to raise awareness of -- and to fight against -- mountaintop removal coal mining. Fortunately, I returned from Nashville with a souvenir Hatch show print that proves it actually took place -- not to mention the jaw-dropping press coverage detailing this special event.
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(video)The BP Oil Disaster and why *this* endorsement matters-DK Greenroots
by wade norris
In light of the BP Oil disaster - we can no longer allow environmental issues to be a 'secondary' campaign topic - especially when we find out that the oil spill may continue all summer. DK Greenroots, a bloc of Environmental bloggers here at Daily Kos have started a candidate fundraiser page on Act Blue. The goal is to replace global warming deniers (republicans) and also primary democrats who are too cozy with the fossil fuel industry. Their first endorsement is Andrew Romanoff, candidate for US Senate whose opponent was part of the Conservadem group that has blocked climate legislation. Mr.Romanoff's thanks to DK Greenroots and comment on BP Oil Spill
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In light of the BP Oil disaster - we can no longer allow environmental issues to be a 'secondary' campaign topic - especially when we find out that the oil spill may continue all summer. DK Greenroots, a bloc of Environmental bloggers here at Daily Kos have started a candidate fundraiser page on Act Blue. The goal is to replace global warming deniers (republicans) and also primary democrats who are too cozy with the fossil fuel industry. Their first endorsement is Andrew Romanoff, candidate for US Senate whose opponent was part of the Conservadem group that has blocked climate legislation. Mr.Romanoff's thanks to DK Greenroots and comment on BP Oil Spill
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Gulf gusher: a sort of requiem
by mwmwm
The oil and gas rush out of the pipe: a force we believed we could master. The oil explodes into droplets, then reforms into gobs, then into droplets once again. The oil rushes, then relaxes, and begins to move lazily in the currents. The lightest oil rises to the surface, forming a sheen that glistens in the sun. The heavier oil rises, or falls, or is swirled like heavy cream. Deep down, the ocean layers move in patterns we cannot see, and do not know, intermixing, carrying the oil inward and outward, forward and back, now diffusing, now coalescing, the soft light of the sun barely reaching the layers on layers of temperature gradients.
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The oil and gas rush out of the pipe: a force we believed we could master. The oil explodes into droplets, then reforms into gobs, then into droplets once again. The oil rushes, then relaxes, and begins to move lazily in the currents. The lightest oil rises to the surface, forming a sheen that glistens in the sun. The heavier oil rises, or falls, or is swirled like heavy cream. Deep down, the ocean layers move in patterns we cannot see, and do not know, intermixing, carrying the oil inward and outward, forward and back, now diffusing, now coalescing, the soft light of the sun barely reaching the layers on layers of temperature gradients.
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The 4 consequences of rising atmospheric CO2
by Frank Palmer
The discussion of rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has centered on the predicted and -- to a certain extent -- experienced rise in the average temperature around the globe. That's one of the results, but there are three others. The four predicted changes are: Global Warming, Weather changes, Shifts in disease vectors, Oceanic acidification. The descriptions after the jump
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The discussion of rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has centered on the predicted and -- to a certain extent -- experienced rise in the average temperature around the globe. That's one of the results, but there are three others. The four predicted changes are: Global Warming, Weather changes, Shifts in disease vectors, Oceanic acidification. The descriptions after the jump
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Did BP Oil Hit the MS Sound Yesterday? (With Video of Sea Turtle)
by Frenchy Lamour
Ben Marble MD (who told Dick Cheney to go fuck himself) sent me the following video, shot yesterday. It appears that BP's oil has entered Mississippi Sound. Watch for the turtle:
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Ben Marble MD (who told Dick Cheney to go fuck himself) sent me the following video, shot yesterday. It appears that BP's oil has entered Mississippi Sound. Watch for the turtle:
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Updated 2 TIMES - Deepwater Horizon appears to be erupting from seabed
by PhotogHog
I apologize for the short diary, like so many others have before me, but I must attend to work. Please, someone more qualified look into this. Thanks. UPDATE - see C Barr's comment regarding TOD UPDATE 2 - But see Paladine's reference to BP putting a video loop up instead of a live feed. Do we need to, or can we, organize the mass watching of this video to track its honesty? Can anyone record what they are showing? BP stalled in making a live feed available because they did not want any scientists or engineers to estimate the true flow. Are they now running a loop because they do not want anyone to see how much it has increased? What is going on with the video loop questions?
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I apologize for the short diary, like so many others have before me, but I must attend to work. Please, someone more qualified look into this. Thanks. UPDATE - see C Barr's comment regarding TOD UPDATE 2 - But see Paladine's reference to BP putting a video loop up instead of a live feed. Do we need to, or can we, organize the mass watching of this video to track its honesty? Can anyone record what they are showing? BP stalled in making a live feed available because they did not want any scientists or engineers to estimate the true flow. Are they now running a loop because they do not want anyone to see how much it has increased? What is going on with the video loop questions?
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How the top kill would (hopefully) work (with animation)
by seesdifferent
This is a brief diary which is more of a pictorial explanation than anything else. To me, not an engineer but with a science background, the top kill idea didn't make any sense, with that riser kinked and leaking where it comes out of the BOP. The idea initially shown below is that under very high pressure a dense and viscous substance ("mud") would be injected into the "kill" and "choke" ports, and that this pressurized substance would force the oil back down the well, and then would be cemented over. However, it seemed to me that firstly, the mud could not be injected very rapidly through the small hoses, and, secondly, the mud would just come flying out the top and rip the already leaking riser pipe into shreds. Now I have run across an animation/explanation which makes the scheme seem more reasonable.
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This is a brief diary which is more of a pictorial explanation than anything else. To me, not an engineer but with a science background, the top kill idea didn't make any sense, with that riser kinked and leaking where it comes out of the BOP. The idea initially shown below is that under very high pressure a dense and viscous substance ("mud") would be injected into the "kill" and "choke" ports, and that this pressurized substance would force the oil back down the well, and then would be cemented over. However, it seemed to me that firstly, the mud could not be injected very rapidly through the small hoses, and, secondly, the mud would just come flying out the top and rip the already leaking riser pipe into shreds. Now I have run across an animation/explanation which makes the scheme seem more reasonable.
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BP - When Chaos Becomes Policy in Place of Solutions
by wbramh
Yesterday, my friend Paul chastised me politely (and with ample logic) for writing gloom and doom articles about BP's little whoops in the Gulf. “Whoops” is my sarcastic term, not Paul’s opinion, for he really does get it. Our disagreement stems from my belief that while I get it and he gets it and you get it, most folks still don’t get it. Paul, to his credit, is a tireless champion for solutions. Perhaps to my discredit, I just don't see one here. Without first getting it, how can we possibly move on to the solutions that Paul would understandably prefer. Like healthcare and financial reform, without first identifying the core problem, how can you really solve the problem?... Well, you don't, even with a willing, albeit mythical Congress. But while a problem has no solution if the cause is never acknowledged, this particular disaster may be a problem without a solution.
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Yesterday, my friend Paul chastised me politely (and with ample logic) for writing gloom and doom articles about BP's little whoops in the Gulf. “Whoops” is my sarcastic term, not Paul’s opinion, for he really does get it. Our disagreement stems from my belief that while I get it and he gets it and you get it, most folks still don’t get it. Paul, to his credit, is a tireless champion for solutions. Perhaps to my discredit, I just don't see one here. Without first getting it, how can we possibly move on to the solutions that Paul would understandably prefer. Like healthcare and financial reform, without first identifying the core problem, how can you really solve the problem?... Well, you don't, even with a willing, albeit mythical Congress. But while a problem has no solution if the cause is never acknowledged, this particular disaster may be a problem without a solution.
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It isn't news.
by Green Bean
The gulf is fouled. I repeat: that’s not news. It’s not the hot topic of the day. It isn’t fodder for the continuing, persistent cry of our time, to save our planet. It isn’t the latest and the greatest opening for the outrage of eco-bloggers or tears of conservationists. It isn’t a the latest and greatest opportunity to make that most important plea yet again: that human culture come to its senses and stop exploiting before it is too late. No, that isn’t what this disaster is.
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The gulf is fouled. I repeat: that’s not news. It’s not the hot topic of the day. It isn’t fodder for the continuing, persistent cry of our time, to save our planet. It isn’t the latest and the greatest opening for the outrage of eco-bloggers or tears of conservationists. It isn’t a the latest and greatest opportunity to make that most important plea yet again: that human culture come to its senses and stop exploiting before it is too late. No, that isn’t what this disaster is.
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New Orleans, canary in a coal mine
by James Paton Walsh
The oil disaster is destroying what remains of the wetlands that provide us with minimal protection from hurricanes. The levees that were built and maintained by the Corps of Engineers failed in Katrina and barely withstood Gustav. Storms are getting larger because of global warming. The government is in bed with the oil companies and the banks.
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The oil disaster is destroying what remains of the wetlands that provide us with minimal protection from hurricanes. The levees that were built and maintained by the Corps of Engineers failed in Katrina and barely withstood Gustav. Storms are getting larger because of global warming. The government is in bed with the oil companies and the banks.
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Green Diary Rescue & Open Thread
by Meteor Blades
Ian Urbina at The New York Times writes: In the days since President Obama announced a moratorium on permits for drilling new offshore oil wells and a halt to a controversial type of environmental waiver that was given to the Deepwater Horizon rig, at least seven new permits for various types of drilling and five environmental waivers have been granted, according to records. The records also indicate that since the April 20 explosion on the rig, federal regulators have granted at least 19 environmental waivers for gulf drilling projects and at least 17 drilling permits, most of which were for types of work like that on the Deepwater Horizon shortly before it exploded, pouring a ceaseless current of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Asked about the permits and waivers, officials at the Department of the Interior and the Minerals Management Service, which regulates drilling, pointed to public statements by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, reiterating that the agency had no intention of stopping all new oil and gas production in the gulf. Department of the Interior officials said in a statement that the moratorium was meant only to halt permits for the drilling of new wells. It was not meant to stop permits for new work on existing drilling projects like the Deepwater Horizon. = = = [The green diary rescue begins below and continues in the jump. Inclusion of a particular diary does not necessarily indicate my agreement with it. The GDR appears on Thursdays and Sundays.] Above is one of the photos with which Eddie C beautified the site in his Friday Evening Photo Blogging: Wave Hill Edition. Gangster Octopus was delighted to learn that Tesla, Toyota Team Up to Create 1,000 Jobs: "'In a stunning deal, Tesla Motors announced late Thursday that it is teaming up with Toyota to build its all-electric Model S sedan at the recently shuttered NUMMI plant in Fremont, creating more than 1,000 new jobs.'"
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Ian Urbina at The New York Times writes: In the days since President Obama announced a moratorium on permits for drilling new offshore oil wells and a halt to a controversial type of environmental waiver that was given to the Deepwater Horizon rig, at least seven new permits for various types of drilling and five environmental waivers have been granted, according to records. The records also indicate that since the April 20 explosion on the rig, federal regulators have granted at least 19 environmental waivers for gulf drilling projects and at least 17 drilling permits, most of which were for types of work like that on the Deepwater Horizon shortly before it exploded, pouring a ceaseless current of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Asked about the permits and waivers, officials at the Department of the Interior and the Minerals Management Service, which regulates drilling, pointed to public statements by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, reiterating that the agency had no intention of stopping all new oil and gas production in the gulf. Department of the Interior officials said in a statement that the moratorium was meant only to halt permits for the drilling of new wells. It was not meant to stop permits for new work on existing drilling projects like the Deepwater Horizon. = = = [The green diary rescue begins below and continues in the jump. Inclusion of a particular diary does not necessarily indicate my agreement with it. The GDR appears on Thursdays and Sundays.] Above is one of the photos with which Eddie C beautified the site in his Friday Evening Photo Blogging: Wave Hill Edition. Gangster Octopus was delighted to learn that Tesla, Toyota Team Up to Create 1,000 Jobs: "'In a stunning deal, Tesla Motors announced late Thursday that it is teaming up with Toyota to build its all-electric Model S sedan at the recently shuttered NUMMI plant in Fremont, creating more than 1,000 new jobs.'"
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Overnight News Digest: Dirty Laundry
by Interceptor7
Welcome to Overnight News Digest for Sunday, May 23, 2010. Overnight News Digest posts nightly at around 12 am Eastern. OND is a group effort in which each editor strives to create a unique news presentation through format, story selection, and the addition of anything he or she thinks will be interesting or enlightening to the community. Reader participation is invited and encouraged, so feel free to post your own stories, photos, etc. This series is lead by the very luminescent Neon Vincent,our editor-in-chief. As always, a enthusiastic hat-tip is extended to our founder, Magnifico.
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Welcome to Overnight News Digest for Sunday, May 23, 2010. Overnight News Digest posts nightly at around 12 am Eastern. OND is a group effort in which each editor strives to create a unique news presentation through format, story selection, and the addition of anything he or she thinks will be interesting or enlightening to the community. Reader participation is invited and encouraged, so feel free to post your own stories, photos, etc. This series is lead by the very luminescent Neon Vincent,our editor-in-chief. As always, a enthusiastic hat-tip is extended to our founder, Magnifico.
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BP numbers suggests 111,000,000 gallons and counting.
by 8ackgr0und N015e
British Petroleum said that 5,000 barrels a day were leaking into the Gulf following the collapse of Deepwater Horizon. British Petroleum said that 5,000 barrels a day were being collected by a 5 inch diameter siphon placed inside a 21 inch diameter pipeline. If you believe the first number, you can't believe the second number. If you believe the second number, you can't believe the first number. If you believe British Petroleum's second number, then they have dumped 111 million gallons of oil into the Gulf.
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British Petroleum said that 5,000 barrels a day were leaking into the Gulf following the collapse of Deepwater Horizon. British Petroleum said that 5,000 barrels a day were being collected by a 5 inch diameter siphon placed inside a 21 inch diameter pipeline. If you believe the first number, you can't believe the second number. If you believe the second number, you can't believe the first number. If you believe British Petroleum's second number, then they have dumped 111 million gallons of oil into the Gulf.
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