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The U.S. Coast Guard does not have enough working icebreakers to respond to a major oil spill in Alaskan waters, the top official who oversaw the containment of the BP oil spill warned Congress on Friday. "The current condition of the Coast Guard icebreaker fleet should be of great concern to...

Dispersants injected deep in the Gulf of Mexico to counter an oil gusher last spring seemed to keep some oil from fouling the water's surface, but the chemicals lingered underwater, raising concerns about long-term problems, a new study found. The first extensive research into what happened to...

01-26-2011 03:45 AM 'OIL—you better be sitting down when you read this ! !** Here’s an astonishing read.* Important and verifiable information :** About 6 months ago, the writer was watching a news program on oil and one of the Forbes Bros. was the guest. The host said to Forbes, “I am going...

-- Interior Department officials announced an extensive restructuring of the agencies that oversee offshore oil drilling Wednesday, pledging "fundamental change" for a system widely criticized after the worst oil spill in U.S. history. The expected moves split the since-renamed Minerals...

12-27-2010 04:07 AM 'The federal agency charged with investigating industrial chemical accidents has accused two BP partners of "hands-on manipulation" of evidence in the Gulf oil spill. The US Chemical Safety Board has asked for a halt to testing of the blowout preventer involved in the...

Locals survey the damage from Sunday's explosion in San Martin Texmelucan, in Puebla state. At least 28 people were killed and 52 injured after an oil pipeline exploded in central Mexico, the country's state-owned oil monopoly said. The cause of Sunday's explosion in San Martin Texmelucan, in...

CARACAS – Thousands of Venezuelans fled their homes on Tuesday after landslides and swollen rivers killed at least 21 people and threatened to cause more damage. The stormy weather closed most of the OPEC member nation's two largest oil refineries on Monday. A source at state oil company PDVSA...

You already know that olive oil is chock-full of healthy fats. But here's another reason to cook with it: Olive oil might actually help "turn off" genes that could harm your heart. In a study, eating a diet with lots of polyphenol-rich olive oil helped suppress genes related to heart-damaging...

10-30-2010 01:47 AM 'The Texas-based Halliburton Company has confessed to pouring a cement mix down BP's Gulf of Mexico oil well without testing the stability of its exact composition. The company, which was BP's cementing contractor, came under increased scrutiny when investigators from the...

09-06-2010 01:55 AM 'Several gulf residents have tested positive for oil in their blood as documented by Matt Smith and Heather Rally on the Intel Hub Radio Show last Thursday. Further testing is currently being preformed to find out if the chemical dispersant Corexit, made by Nalco, has...

This video is from Drunvalo Melchizedek's website, SpiritofMaat. The premise is that the "oil spill" is actually an asbestos volcano, intentionally tapped, which will be capped when the Rothchilds decide to, created so that Corexit (which contains deadly benzene) could be used to cull the Gulf...

Here is a report from Michael Knight on the effects of the oil spill in pdf format. http://www.buycontacthasbegun.com/su...ree-report.pdf

AFP July 4, 2010 A Taiwanese supertanker skimmed oil from the Gulf of Mexico Saturday as the months-long disaster became the worst accidental spill on record. Rough seas and strong winds continued to delay clean-up efforts, displace protective booms and push the oil deeper into fragile coastal...

Oil leak in the Red Sea (have you heard about this) Monday, June 21, 2010 For the past five days there has been oil leaking into the Red Sea off Egypt. "The responsible businesses have warned anybody," says Amr Ali of the Hurghada Environmental Protection & Conservation Agency. "It is...

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Oil from Gulf spill creeps ashore in Louisiana VENICE, Louisiana (Reuters) – Oil from a massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico came ashore on a chain of islands off the Louisiana coast on Thursday as BP Plc engineers prepared to start lowering a 98-ton metal chamber over the ruptured seabed well...

ProPublica May 2, 2010 Related: Chemical that drags oil to ocean floor being mass produced in Sugarland, Texas The chemicals BP is now relying on to break up the steady flow of leaking oil from deep below the Gulf of Mexico could create a new set of environmental problems. Even if the...

AFP Friday, April 23, 2010 A blazing oil rig has sunk into the Gulf of Mexico, sparking fears of an environmental disaster two days after a massive blast that left 11 workers missing. US maritime authorities said crude oil was pouring into the sea at the site where the hulking Deepwater...

CARACAS – Venezuela has received bids for all three projects in the Carabobo bidding round in the Orinoco heavy oil belt, sources said on Thursday, with major oil companies Chevron and Repsol among the bidders. The government of leftist Hugo Chavez has drawn interest across the oil industry...

LUANDA – India has stepped up its efforts to gain an economic foothold in Africa in a new scramble with China for the continent's resources, signing energy deals with top oil producers Angola and Nigeria. India has lagged behind China's aggressive courting of African nations to secure rights...