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• STATIC CLING: BP's "Static Kill" Operation Successful
• Posted by • 8/4/10

BP reports that the “static kill” operation that began this week has worked. The plan was intended to permanently plug the Deepwater Horizon Well once and for all. Mud forced down the well overnight has begun to push crude back down to its source for the first time since the rig exploded April 20^th.   However, Adm. Thad Allen, the government’s lead on the...

• BUBBLING OVER: Kilauea Active
• Posted by • 7/20/10

Photo USGS.gov

The Hawaiian volcano, Kilauea, began to erupt this week, according to the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Obervatory.  The Malema’uma’u crater began to emit sulfer dioxide and it’s lava pond appeared glowing red, and small amounts of lava is flowing. 

 MOMism:”Don’t blow your top.”  When the pressure mounts, we...

• CAPPED BABY CAPPED: BP Contains Leak
• Posted by • 7/15/10

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• PAYING THE PIPER: BP Gets The Bill -UPDATE
• Posted by • 6/15/10

According to Reuters, BP is to set aside $20 billion to pay for spill related claims.  This one-day after the President's Oval Office speech where he outlined steps for cleaning up and paying for the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  He called the company "reckless" and assured the nation that the BP will be held accountable for it's behavior.  The President is calling for...

• AWKWARD SILENCE: Gore Quiet On BP Spill
• Posted by • 6/15/10

Photo starpulse.com

Dayo Opolade of the Daily Beast wrote an Op Ed piece on former Vice President Al Gore, whose Academy Award and Nobel Prize have made him the most influential environmental activist in the country, pointing out that he has been largely silent during the worst environmental catastrophe in memory. Granted, he is out of office and splitting with his wife of 40 years, but many wonder why...