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Spill Commission Concludes Dispersants Are an Acceptable 'Tradeoff'

Jerry Cope | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jerry Cope

In the areas where people live near or are surrounded by the Gulf waters, documented cases of sickness consistent with chemical poisoning related to crude and dispersants continue to increase.

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Happy Holidays From BP, the Gift That Keeps on Giving

Jerry Cope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gulf Coast Restoration Network, Ceq, Nalco, James Carville, National Oil Commission, Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup, Toxic Chemicals, Gulf Seafood, Unemployment, Disaster Relief, Gulf Coast Claims Facility, Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Environment, BP Oil Spill, Corexit, Ken Feinberg, Environment America, Green News
Jerry Cope

Under gray overcast skies eight months after the BP blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, waves of crude oil roll into estuaries, bayous, and onto the desert...

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Undefeated: The Gulf Coast 6 Months After the Blowout

Jerry Cope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Macondo, Nalco, Faa, Epa, Obama Administration, British Petroleum, Gulf Oil Spill, Toxic Chemicals, Mrsa, Noaa, Deepwater Horizon, Climate Change, Blowout, Corexit, Mississippi Canyon Block 252, Dhs, Gulf Restoration Network, Green News
Jerry Cope

The crucible of the Gulf provides a harrowing example of the insanity we now consider normal.

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BP Oil Dispersants Used Regularly Even After White House Order; Coast Guard Allowed It

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard has routinely approved BP requests to use thousands of gallons of toxic chemical a day to break up oil slicks ...

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Mikulski Slams EPA on Dispersants: "Gave Me Heartburn"

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senate Appropriations Committee, Admiral Thad Allen, Toxic, Maryland, Toluene, Agent Orange, Epa, Barabara Mikulski, Dispersants, BP Oil Spill, Lisa Jackson, Nalco, Gulf Coast, Benzene, Senate, Voc, Oil, Gulf of Mexico, Green News
Georgianne Nienaber

Jackson looked worse than an oiled pelican in Barataria Bay as she tried to extricate herself from Mikulski's sticky questions. The Senator from Maryland demanded to know why Jackson did not know the extent of her authority as head of the EPA.

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EPA, Coast Guard, and BP PR Tied to Airborne Corexit Denials

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drew Maloney, TAGA Route, Corexit, Toxic, Tom Delay, Louisiana, Ogilvy Public Relations, Lobbyists, Air Quality, Chris John, 2-Butoxyethanol, Coast Guard, Epa, Deepwater Horizon, Dispersants, Dnc, Gulf Coast, Source Watch, Raw Story, Nalco, Green News
Georgianne Nienaber

If Unified Command is suggesting that oil spill responders might want to reconsider using respirators, why have we been told by the EPA, at a press conference, that there are no dispersants in the air?

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