The Spill, The Scandal and the President: The inside story of how Obama failed to crack down on the corruption of the Bush years – and let the world’s most dangerous oil company get away with murder

“BP Atlantis”! President Obama in Port Fourchon, Louisiana, May 28, 2010.This article originally appeared in RS 1107 from June 24, 2010. (Rolling Stone Magazine) — On May 27th, more than a month into the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, Barack Obama strode to the podium in the East Room of the White House. For [...] continue reading world news

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Solution Restores Environment in Just Six Weeks

Added: 17. May 2010The Texas Land Office and Texas Water Commission successfully used ‘oil eating’ microbes to clean up large oil spills in just weeks. Microbes hunt down and eat the toxic oil and leave only a biodegradable waste that is non-toxic to humans and marine life. Marshland and beaches were pristine again in just [...] continue reading world news

New Mystery Disease Damages Crops, Trees And Even Weeds, Threatens Hundreds Of Acres

Shaun Chaiyabhat6:21 PM CDT, June 1, 2010Source: WREG continue reading world news

BP CEO Tony Hayward sold £1.4 million of his shares weeks before Gulf blowout

And he is not the only one:- Goldman Sachs Sold 44% Of Its BP Stock 3 Weeks Before Gulf BlowoutThe chief executive of BP sold £1.4 million of his shares in the fuel giant weeks before the Gulf of Mexico oil spill caused its value to collapse. Tony Hayward: ‘This won’t stop [...] continue reading world news

Feds and BP Withheld Videos Showing Massive Scope of Oil Spill

Coast Guard Told Public Not to ‘Fixate’ On Rate of Spill While Sitting On Video With an apparently complicit Coast Guard, BP held oil spill videos for weeks. New videos show more clearly than ever how BP, with little resistance from the Coast Guard or other federal agencies, kept the public in the dark about [...] continue reading world news

BP’s ‘brilliant’ CEO Tony Hayward clashes with scientists over deep sea oil pollution

And Tony Hayward knows what he is talking about:- Beyond Stupid: BP CEO Tony Hayward: “The Gulf of Mexico is a very big ocean. The amount of volume of oil and dispersant we are putting into it is tiny in relation to the total water volume.”And here comes the hurricane season and as if things [...] continue reading world news

Tropical Storm Agatha floods kill 150, cause gigantic sinkhole in Guatemala City

- Giant sinkhole in Guatemala looks as if it goes to centre of the Earth (National Post):Flooding and landslides from Tropical Storm Agatha have killed more than 150 people throughout Central America in the past few days, and apparently caused a giant Guatemala City sinkhole.By Sara Miller Llana, Staff writer / June 1, 2010Cartagena, Colombia — [...] continue reading world news