by Stephen Lendman
The combination of millions of gallons of oil and dispersants has made large areas of the Gulf toxic and dangerous, marine toxicologist Ricki Ott saying if she lived there with children she’d leave – based on her firsthand experience after the 1989 Prince William Sound, Alaska Exxon Valdez disaster and subsequent research, documented [...]

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by James Howard Kunstler
Just when America was celebrating the provisional end of BP’s Macondo oil blowout, and getting back to important issues like Kim Kardashian’s body-suit collection, along comes Matthew Simmons with a rather strange and alarming outcry on doings in the Gulf of Mexico that contradicts the mood of renewed festivity, as well as [...]

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by Naomi Klein – Writer
Reprinted from The Guardian

Obama cannot order pelicans not to die (no matter whose ass he kicks). And no amount of money not BP’s $20bn, not $100bn can replace aculture that’s lost its roots.’ flickr image by kbaird
Everyone gathered for the town hall meeting had been repeatedly instructed to show civility to the [...]

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by Rob Kall, OpEdNews.com
This is a horror story which will become so much worse, it will become the dominant news story for the forseeable future.

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