Environmental Disasters

The Gulf Oil Spill From an Artist's Perspective (PHOTOS)

J Henry Fair | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photography, Alabama, Environmental Disasters, Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill Photos, Oil, Deepwater Horizon, Climate Change, BP Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil Spill, Global Warming, Slidepollajax, Green News
J Henry Fair

Being at the source is akin to being in a dream world and not knowing if it's comedy or tragedy. Knowledge of the tragedy happening a mile below the sea conflicts with the necessary auto-pilot of making great images.

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BP-Style Extreme Energy Nightmares to Come: Four Scenarios for the Next Energy Mega-Disaster

Michael T. Klare | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mining Disaster, Deepwater Horizon, Environmental Disasters, Gulf Oil Spill, Environmental Disaster Scenarios, Oil Spill Gulf of Mexico 2010, Green News
Michael T. Klare

As long as the industry continues its relentless, reckless pursuit of "extreme energy" -- oil, natural gas, coal, and uranium obtained from unsafe areas -- more such calamities are destined to occur.

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Mike Mason, Oil Industry Whistlebower, Describes Cheating On Blowout Preventer Safety Tests (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environmental Disasters, Oil Whistleblower, Mike Mason, Bp, Whistleblowers, Gulf Oil Spill, BP PLC, Environmental Safety, Alaska Oil, Blowout Preventer, Video, Green News

A man is bound to see some strange things working for 18 years on Alaskan oil rigs. According to Mike Mason, it wasn't unusual to see cheating on saf...

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The World's Most Bizarre Man-Made Disasters (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environmental Disasters, Man-Made Disasters, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil Spill, Slidepollajax, Environmental Disaster Areas, Green News

As oil continues to flood into the Gulf of Mexico, we are reminded of just how environmentally destructive humans can be. But this isn't the first tim...

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