by FishOutofWater
Burning petroleum (BP) and coal caused the warmest January through May surface temperatures on record. Despite El Nino, it should have been cool because 2008-2009 was the coolest solar minimum in 100 years. But Burning Petroleum (BP) [coal and natural gas] has consequences. NASA GISS surface temperatures hit all time highs for the first 5 months of 2010. Then comes the wind.
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
(((((BP))))) BOO-F*****G HOO......
by icebergslim
Now is not the time for American anger to cease.... BP and our friends across the pond are angry.... BP is full of SHIT and LIARS to many Americans HERE.... I am sorry that your stock portfolios or pensions are taking a hit, across the pond. Look at what this company did to a large part of the United States of America...Look at what happened to FAMILIES HERE.... And the oil is still gushing and we don't know what the final tally of damage will be.... Stop crying BP......We don't have any PITY PARTIES HERE FOR YOU...
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Now is not the time for American anger to cease.... BP and our friends across the pond are angry.... BP is full of SHIT and LIARS to many Americans HERE.... I am sorry that your stock portfolios or pensions are taking a hit, across the pond. Look at what this company did to a large part of the United States of America...Look at what happened to FAMILIES HERE.... And the oil is still gushing and we don't know what the final tally of damage will be.... Stop crying BP......We don't have any PITY PARTIES HERE FOR YOU...
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An attempt to stop the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases
by The Book Bear
A bipartisan group of senators is supporting a resolution to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases. The resolution, sponsored by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and 40 other senators, would throw out the endangerment finding on greenhouse gases and halt new EPA regulations set to take effect next year. A motion to proceed to the resolution failed 47-53.
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A bipartisan group of senators is supporting a resolution to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases. The resolution, sponsored by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and 40 other senators, would throw out the endangerment finding on greenhouse gases and halt new EPA regulations set to take effect next year. A motion to proceed to the resolution failed 47-53.
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FL: Huge shift in opinion against offshore drilling
by Jed Lewison
This is an amazing statistic from Quinnipiac's most recent poll of Florida: In the wake of the Gulf oil spill, Florida voters oppose 51 - 42 percent increasing the amount of offshore oil drilling, a 48-point swing from the 66 - 27 percent support for drilling in an April 19 survey by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University. That means one out of four voters in Florida has changed their mind about offshore drilling in less than two months. Numbers like that are staggering. They provide evidence for the idea that voters are now as receptive as they have ever been to the kinds of policies that we need to break our dependence on fossil fuels. It underscores the urgency with which Democrats and the Obama Administration must proceed enacting energy reform. There has never been a better time to pass legislation that will free us from our oil addiction. President Obama began making this case last week at Carnegie Mellon. He should continue to do so. The best way for him to demonstrate that he's on the side of the public and not big oil is to finally convince Congress to pass legislation that will give the public independence from big oil. We know it won't be perfect legislation, and we won't eliminate fossil fuels overnight, but the single most important factor in securing America's future prosperity and quality of life is developing new, clean, affordable sources of energy. And the time to establish the national framework for achieving that goal is now.
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This is an amazing statistic from Quinnipiac's most recent poll of Florida: In the wake of the Gulf oil spill, Florida voters oppose 51 - 42 percent increasing the amount of offshore oil drilling, a 48-point swing from the 66 - 27 percent support for drilling in an April 19 survey by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University. That means one out of four voters in Florida has changed their mind about offshore drilling in less than two months. Numbers like that are staggering. They provide evidence for the idea that voters are now as receptive as they have ever been to the kinds of policies that we need to break our dependence on fossil fuels. It underscores the urgency with which Democrats and the Obama Administration must proceed enacting energy reform. There has never been a better time to pass legislation that will free us from our oil addiction. President Obama began making this case last week at Carnegie Mellon. He should continue to do so. The best way for him to demonstrate that he's on the side of the public and not big oil is to finally convince Congress to pass legislation that will give the public independence from big oil. We know it won't be perfect legislation, and we won't eliminate fossil fuels overnight, but the single most important factor in securing America's future prosperity and quality of life is developing new, clean, affordable sources of energy. And the time to establish the national framework for achieving that goal is now.
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Flow Rate Technical Group ups the Ante for BP
by jamess
Hot off the Presses ... Scoop: Gulf well may be gushing 25,000 to 30,000 barrels By Joel Achenbach, washingtonpost.com -- June 10, 2010; 4:00 PM ET Just filed to the web some new figures we obtained this afternoon from the federal government that suggest the Deepwater Horizon well is gushing more oil than previously estimated. The Flow Rate Technical Group has about five subgroups, and the one that is looking at the video of the leak, the so-called plume team, has come up with an estimate of 20,000 to 40,000 barrels a day, with the most likely range being 25,000 to 30,000 barrels. The team had earlier estimated the flow at 12,000 to 25,000 barrels.
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Hot off the Presses ... Scoop: Gulf well may be gushing 25,000 to 30,000 barrels By Joel Achenbach, washingtonpost.com -- June 10, 2010; 4:00 PM ET Just filed to the web some new figures we obtained this afternoon from the federal government that suggest the Deepwater Horizon well is gushing more oil than previously estimated. The Flow Rate Technical Group has about five subgroups, and the one that is looking at the video of the leak, the so-called plume team, has come up with an estimate of 20,000 to 40,000 barrels a day, with the most likely range being 25,000 to 30,000 barrels. The team had earlier estimated the flow at 12,000 to 25,000 barrels.
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How the media are missing the real drama of the Oil Spill
by Bill McKibben
When a well started spewing oil off Santa Barbara in 1969, it spurred the first Earth Day, which in turn launched the environmental movement and a fundamental questioning of the balance between humans and the rest of nature. It turned out, in other words, to be a real Moment.
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When a well started spewing oil off Santa Barbara in 1969, it spurred the first Earth Day, which in turn launched the environmental movement and a fundamental questioning of the balance between humans and the rest of nature. It turned out, in other words, to be a real Moment.
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Firm hired to handle BP claims boasts of "reducing payouts"
by ProgressiveSouth
Publicly, BP has said it intends to be generous in compensating those affected by the Gulf oil spill: CEO Tony Hayward has pledged to pay all "legitimate" claims resulting from the disaster, even offering to waive the $75 million cap on liability for economic damages.But to handle claims from the spill, BP has hired a risk-management company who advertises that a main benefit of its services is "reducing our clients' loss dollar pay-outs" -- a goal Gulf advocates say is in direct contradiction to Washington and BP's promises to fully compensate coastal residents for mounting economic losses.
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Publicly, BP has said it intends to be generous in compensating those affected by the Gulf oil spill: CEO Tony Hayward has pledged to pay all "legitimate" claims resulting from the disaster, even offering to waive the $75 million cap on liability for economic damages.But to handle claims from the spill, BP has hired a risk-management company who advertises that a main benefit of its services is "reducing our clients' loss dollar pay-outs" -- a goal Gulf advocates say is in direct contradiction to Washington and BP's promises to fully compensate coastal residents for mounting economic losses.
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SheKos: Mother Earth & BP's Violence Against Her
by SheKos
This week, we are very pleased to welcome back KentuckyKat after a long hiatus. Please greet her in comments! BP Oil Darkens Future for Three Louisiana Tribes by Aji, SheKos contributor The disaster in the Gulf weighs heavily on my mind and spirit. For Native Americans, the terrible destruction wrought by British Petroleum and by America's laissez-faire regulatory policies holds a deeper dimension. It is defilement. It is desecration. It is devastation to an already-endangered way of life. I've written in the past about how, for many of our peoples, the earth is our mother - Akii. That term holds very real significance for us, both culturally and spiritually. Acts that do violence to her do violence to us all.
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This week, we are very pleased to welcome back KentuckyKat after a long hiatus. Please greet her in comments! BP Oil Darkens Future for Three Louisiana Tribes by Aji, SheKos contributor The disaster in the Gulf weighs heavily on my mind and spirit. For Native Americans, the terrible destruction wrought by British Petroleum and by America's laissez-faire regulatory policies holds a deeper dimension. It is defilement. It is desecration. It is devastation to an already-endangered way of life. I've written in the past about how, for many of our peoples, the earth is our mother - Akii. That term holds very real significance for us, both culturally and spiritually. Acts that do violence to her do violence to us all.
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Tomorrow will be too late for the Bronx Zoo and New York Aquarium
by Eddie C
I've already written a diary called Save the Bronx Zoo Today. Now an email from the zoo points out that "Tomorrow will be too late for the Bronx Zoo and New York Aquarium." In the Bronx alone more than 800 teens are hired each year with more than 1,000 seasonal workers getting jobs at the zoo. Bloomberg who will bend over backwards to save every single job on Wall St. has already knocked city support down to $9 million last year and he thinks another 42% is feeling the bite? His answer to this threat to the Bronx economy can be seen at this NY1 report "every group has to feel the bite from budget cuts." With the proposed 50% cut from Albany that's far more than a bite. I covered as much as I could in Save the Bronx Zoo Today so now I will just copy and paste that letter below with some alternative actions.
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I've already written a diary called Save the Bronx Zoo Today. Now an email from the zoo points out that "Tomorrow will be too late for the Bronx Zoo and New York Aquarium." In the Bronx alone more than 800 teens are hired each year with more than 1,000 seasonal workers getting jobs at the zoo. Bloomberg who will bend over backwards to save every single job on Wall St. has already knocked city support down to $9 million last year and he thinks another 42% is feeling the bite? His answer to this threat to the Bronx economy can be seen at this NY1 report "every group has to feel the bite from budget cuts." With the proposed 50% cut from Albany that's far more than a bite. I covered as much as I could in Save the Bronx Zoo Today so now I will just copy and paste that letter below with some alternative actions.
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No more trust for BP on dispersants.
by the girl
It's time we talk about dispersants. We need to rip into this. Pull it apart. Look at it. Examine it. Turn it over. Upside down. Inside out. We know this oil clean-up is a total clusterfuck. We know that. We see it. Dead guys signing off on clean-up plans. Walruses in the Gulf and magic fairies. We know this. We know BP can't lay boom correctly. It had no plan. None. Nada. Nothing. We KNOW this. WE KNOW THIS ABOUT BP. We know it has lied, covered up, bullshitted, spun and screwed us. So why, in the name of everything on this planet ARE WE TRUSTING IT WITH THESE DISPERSANTS?
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It's time we talk about dispersants. We need to rip into this. Pull it apart. Look at it. Examine it. Turn it over. Upside down. Inside out. We know this oil clean-up is a total clusterfuck. We know that. We see it. Dead guys signing off on clean-up plans. Walruses in the Gulf and magic fairies. We know this. We know BP can't lay boom correctly. It had no plan. None. Nada. Nothing. We KNOW this. WE KNOW THIS ABOUT BP. We know it has lied, covered up, bullshitted, spun and screwed us. So why, in the name of everything on this planet ARE WE TRUSTING IT WITH THESE DISPERSANTS?
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24 Hours to Stop Cancer Causing Pesticide Approval - Act NOW
by Ellinorianne
I wrote about methyl iodide last night in eKos, which got very few eyeballs. I think I buried the lede. We need to do something about this and we have little time. You need to do something, even if you don't live in California, this needs to be stopped because California is the largest Strawberry producing State. So what's so awful about methyl bromide? Well, it is a carcinogen, a neuro-toxin and anyone who studies it uses the utmost precautions, from gloves, to respirators and they want to spray this on the soil that we grow our food in!
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I wrote about methyl iodide last night in eKos, which got very few eyeballs. I think I buried the lede. We need to do something about this and we have little time. You need to do something, even if you don't live in California, this needs to be stopped because California is the largest Strawberry producing State. So what's so awful about methyl bromide? Well, it is a carcinogen, a neuro-toxin and anyone who studies it uses the utmost precautions, from gloves, to respirators and they want to spray this on the soil that we grow our food in!
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Rolling Stone nails BP & Others on the Gusher
by Phil S 33
This is not a traditional diary in which I link to 6-7 different sources; and give brilliant analysis; but one in which I highlight just two snippets from a MUST READ piece in the current (online) Rolling Stone magazine. http://www.rollingstone.com/... My sole purpose here is to get more eyeballs to read the article, so that we all can be more informed about the disaster in the Gulf.
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This is not a traditional diary in which I link to 6-7 different sources; and give brilliant analysis; but one in which I highlight just two snippets from a MUST READ piece in the current (online) Rolling Stone magazine. http://www.rollingstone.com/... My sole purpose here is to get more eyeballs to read the article, so that we all can be more informed about the disaster in the Gulf.
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Call Your Senators Now to Stop Big Coal, Big Oil in Murkowski Vote
by Bruce Nilles
Today will see a major vote in the U.S. Senate - one that could hugely benefit Big Oil and Big Coal if it passes. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) will introduce her disapproval resolution that would block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from taking action to limit global warming pollution - even from the biggest polluters like coal plants and oil refineries.
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Today will see a major vote in the U.S. Senate - one that could hugely benefit Big Oil and Big Coal if it passes. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) will introduce her disapproval resolution that would block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from taking action to limit global warming pollution - even from the biggest polluters like coal plants and oil refineries.
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Deepwater Chernobyl
by Unenergy
A while ago I watched a documentary on building the sarcophagus which encloses the Chernobyl Nuclear disaster site. I have unsuccessfully, tried to find that documentary as my recollection runs that the radioactivity released from the Chernobyl site was only able to be stopped by burying the reactor core in sand, concrete and an outer shell called a sarcophagus. There seem to be parallels with the current Deepwater Horizon disaster in that we are witnessing once more that man is capable of unleashing uncontrollable forces in his pursuit of energy. Forces he had no contingency plan to deal with. Forces capable of devastating economies, destroying livelihoods and killing wildlife by contaminating the environment to such an extent that even people find they have to move away rather than suffer. That the only way that we have to fix it once that bottle is uncorked, was to just bury it in concrete. In Russia the reactor core was covered in sand then concrete. In the Gulf of Mexico disaster, first mud was tried, but once the relief wells are drilled, it will be likewise be filled with concrete. Based on this I went looking for supporting evidence to back up this initial premise, and am astounded by what I found.
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A while ago I watched a documentary on building the sarcophagus which encloses the Chernobyl Nuclear disaster site. I have unsuccessfully, tried to find that documentary as my recollection runs that the radioactivity released from the Chernobyl site was only able to be stopped by burying the reactor core in sand, concrete and an outer shell called a sarcophagus. There seem to be parallels with the current Deepwater Horizon disaster in that we are witnessing once more that man is capable of unleashing uncontrollable forces in his pursuit of energy. Forces he had no contingency plan to deal with. Forces capable of devastating economies, destroying livelihoods and killing wildlife by contaminating the environment to such an extent that even people find they have to move away rather than suffer. That the only way that we have to fix it once that bottle is uncorked, was to just bury it in concrete. In Russia the reactor core was covered in sand then concrete. In the Gulf of Mexico disaster, first mud was tried, but once the relief wells are drilled, it will be likewise be filled with concrete. Based on this I went looking for supporting evidence to back up this initial premise, and am astounded by what I found.
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Breaking: Americans Believe in Global Warming
by Steven D
I know, it's hard to believe in global warming what with all the evidence presented by climate change skeptics that global warming is a hoax, and the great Climategate scandal, the one the proved that Evil Scientists and Al Gore had been faking their data in order to make Al Gore rich. Yet most Americans still seem to believe that global warming is real and they want Big Guvmint to do something about it! (cont.)
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I know, it's hard to believe in global warming what with all the evidence presented by climate change skeptics that global warming is a hoax, and the great Climategate scandal, the one the proved that Evil Scientists and Al Gore had been faking their data in order to make Al Gore rich. Yet most Americans still seem to believe that global warming is real and they want Big Guvmint to do something about it! (cont.)
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BP Catastrophe Liveblog Mothership: # 16
by Liveblog
The current ROV DIARY: BP Oilpocalypse ROV #82 Rules of the Road Let's keep this a meta diary. To volunteer to host a liveblog submersible (ROV), leave a comment here. Please rec this mothership diary, not the ROVs. Please be kind to fellow kossacks who may have limited bandwidth and refrain from posting images or videos. PLEASE visit Crashing Vor and Pam LaPier's diaries to find out how you can help the Gulf now and in the future. We don't have to be idle! And thanks to Crashing Vor and Pam LaPier for working on this!
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The current ROV DIARY: BP Oilpocalypse ROV #82 Rules of the Road Let's keep this a meta diary. To volunteer to host a liveblog submersible (ROV), leave a comment here. Please rec this mothership diary, not the ROVs. Please be kind to fellow kossacks who may have limited bandwidth and refrain from posting images or videos. PLEASE visit Crashing Vor and Pam LaPier's diaries to find out how you can help the Gulf now and in the future. We don't have to be idle! And thanks to Crashing Vor and Pam LaPier for working on this!
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