Thad Allen

President Obama Should Fulfill His Ocean Promise

David Helvarg | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Jobs, Thad Allen, Depression, Obama, Climate Change, Ocean, Governor Abercrombie, Ocean Extinction, State of the Oceans 2011, Green News
David Helvarg

Tuesday July 19 marked the first anniversary of President Obama signing an Executive Order to protect our public seas and the jobs and communities that depend on their health. So where are we one year out?

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Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup Chief: 'Government Is A Lot Like Oxygen'

AOL Government | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Thad Allen, Admiral Thad Allen, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup, Thad Allen Public Service, Thad Allen Gulf Oil Spill, Public Service, Politics News

In the current political climate and discourse over the national debt, we have done a poor job of distinguishing between the need for fiscal responsib...

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Jaws of Life -- The Peter Benchley Ocean Awards

David Helvarg | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Thad Allen, Obama, Washington Post, Ocean Conservation, Academy Awards, Jaws, Bush, Costa Rica, Green News
David Helvarg

What do a high school student from LA, a scientist who studies the DNA of whales, the president of a Central American Nation, a former Coast Guard Commandant and a Washington Post reporter have in common?

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A Tale of Two Presidents

David Helvarg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: President Tong, President Obama, Bp, Kiribati, Ocean, Thad Allen, Turtles, Sharks, Un, Climate Change, Green News
David Helvarg

Before creating his blue council, President Obama passed up a much bigger opportunity to transform both our economy and our seas.

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Dan Froomkin

Oil Commission Baffled By Lowball Estimates; Suspects They Slowed Response

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Oil Spill, Oil Spill, Thad Allen, Oil Spill Commission, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Bp Spill, Green News

National Incident Commander Thad Allen told a presidential commission investigating the BP oil spill on Monday that wildly understated federal estimat...

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Green News Report: September 21, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walmart, Organic Farming, Lisa Jackson, Capitol Hill, Renewable Electricity Standard, Oil Spill Response, Renewable Energy, Fbi, Obama Administration, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Fda, Coal, Offshore Drilling, Clinton Global Initiative, Daily Show, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Electric Cars, Solar Panels, Food Politics, Genetically Modified Food, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Bill Mckibben, Thad Allen, Gulf of Mexico, Global Warming Deniers, Aquabounty, Solar Power, Global Warming, Bp, Interior Department, Massey Energy, Gmos, California, Environmentalists, Homeland Security, Justice Department, Energy Policy, Clean Air Act, Frankenfood, Organic Food, BRAD BLOG, Mining, San Bruno Fire, Green News, White House Solar Panels, Jimmy Carter, Climate Legislation, BP Oil Spill, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Ding dong...

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Green News Report: September 16, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wind Power, Feed-in Tariff, Organic Farming, Gop, Fracking, Oil Spill Response, Australia, 2010 Elections, Burn Pits, Renewable Energy, Obama Administration, Clean Energy, Fda, Green News Report, Coal, Billy Nungesser, Monsanto, Offshore Drilling, Marcellus Shale, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Food Politics, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Department of Energy, Thad Allen, Gulf of Mexico, Global Warming Deniers, Carly Fiorina, Solar Power, Global Warming, Interior Department, Bp, Walrus, Gmos, California, Afghanistan, Homeland Security, Mexico, Salmonella, Energy Policy, Arctic, Senate, Pennsylvania, Kbr, Organic Food, Blackwater, BRAD BLOG, Peak Oil, Halliburton, Green News, Climate Legislation, Alaska, BP Oil Spill, Iraq, China, Elections 2010, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Primaries ...

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BP's Gulf Well To Be Declared Dead By Sunday

AP | HARRY R. WEBER and MATTHEW DALY | Posted 05.25.2011

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KENNER, La. — The Obama administration moved to head off another catastrophic leak like the BP disaster Wednesday, ordering oil and gas companie...

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BP Disaster Puts Coast Guard at Risk

David Helvarg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Navy, Thad Allen, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf Coast, Politics News
David Helvarg

Among the first sea turtles to wash ashore dead necropsies (animal autopsies) showed that many were not killed by ingesting oil but had sediment in their lungs suggesting they'd drowned in fishing nets.

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PHOTOS: First Oiled Turtles Released Back Into The Wild

Associated Press/CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gulf Wildlife, Gulf Turtles, Kemps-Ridleys, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup, Gulf Oil Spill, Bp Oil Spill Cleanup, Thad Allen, Slidepollajax, Video, Green News

(AP) CEDAR KEY, Fla. -- The first rehabilitated turtles oiled by BP's massive leak were released back into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, with scien...

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Obama Oil Spill Failure: How The President Failed To Crack Down On MMS, BP

Rolling Stone Politics | Tim Dickinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Gulf Coast, Oil Plumes, Moratoruium, Obama, Gulf Oil Spill, Oil Well, Offshore Drilling, Ken Salazar, Alabama, White House, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oil Spill, Florida, Thad Allen, Federal Response, Mms, Wildlife, Green News

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 ...

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Obama On Oil Spill: U.S. Will 'Bounce Back'

AP | By TOM RAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Gulf Coast, BP Oil Spill, Economy, Obama, Gulf Oil Spill, Oil Well, Cost, Louisiana, White House, Barack Obama, Environmental Damage, Oil Spill, Fishing, Thad Allen, Gulf of Mexico, Green News

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama sought to reassure Americans on Monday that the Gulf Coast would "bounce back" from the worst oil spill in t...

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Jason Linkins

Final Deepwater Horizon Flow Rate Estimate Is Likely Too Low, Which Benefits BP

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Flow Rate Technical Group, Media Criticism, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Thad Allen, Oil-Spill-Flow-Estimate, Eat the Press, Green News

Over the past few months, I've encouraged anyone with any interest at all in the amount of oil that gushed forth from the Deepwater Horizon well into ...

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The BP Disaster Continues Despite the Cheerful Happy Talk

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Edward Markey, Haley Barbour, BP Oil Spill 2010, Obama Administration, British Petroleum, Gulf Oil Spill, Brit Hume, Offshore Drilling, Lawrence O'Donnell, Mission Accomplished, Oil, Dispersants, Chemical Dispersants, BP Oil Spill, Corexit, Thad Allen, Gulf of Mexico, Hugh Kaufman, Gulf Coast, Monty Python, Green News
Bob Cesca

The press, government officials and BP pitchmen are insulting our intelligence by suggesting that the oil has vanished and there's nothing to worry about. They can whistle away the crisis as much as they want, but we'd all do well to stay on top of this.

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The Crime of the Century: What BP and the US Government Don't Want You to Know, Part I

Jerry Cope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alabama, Animal Welfare, Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum, Corexit, Mississippi Canyon Block 252, Coast Guard, Thad Allen, Gulf Oil Spill, Cover-Up, Port Fourchon, Green News
Jerry Cope

To judge from most media coverage, the beaches are open, the fishing restrictions being lifted and the Gulf resorts open for business in a safe environment. We spent the last few weeks along the Gulf coast, and the reality is distinctly different.

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BP: 'Static Kill' Might Be Enough To Plug Gushing Oil Well

AP | By GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Static Kill, Bp, Oil Spill, Relief Well, Epa, Deepwater Horizon, Thad Allen, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Coast Guard, Green News

NEW ORLEANS (AP)-- After insisting for months that a pair of costly relief wells were the only surefire way to kill the oil leak at the bottom of the ...

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Gulf Oil Spill Response Leader: 'How Clean Is Clean?'

McClatchy | Curtis Morgan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thad Allen Clean, BP Oil Spill, Oil Spill, Oil Spill Cleanup, Oil, How Clean Is Clean, Thad Allen, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup, Oil Spill Clean, Green News

After more than three months, BP appears finally to have gotten a firm grasp on its runaway Deepwater Horizon well. Now the big question in the Gulf o...

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Coast Guard Moving More Staff To Gulf Coast As Oil Spill Slick Nears Florida Shore

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Gulf Coast, BP Oil Spill, Pensacola, Oil Spill, Dauphin Island, Florida, Gulf Oil Spill, Thad Allen, Green News

COVINGTON, La. — The Coast Guard admiral in charge of the oil spill response says he's moving more staff and resources to the Gulf Coast as the ...

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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

Read More: Bp, Nalco, Epa, Order, Animals, Gulf Oil Spill, Coast Guard, Ed Markey, White House, Oil Spill, British Petroleum, Uscg, Dispersants, Corexit, Thad Allen, Gulf of Mexico, Wildlife, Green News

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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Gulf Cleanup Will Change Once Oil Stops For Good

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, BP PLC, Gulf Oil Spill, Deepwater Horizon, Thad Allen, Coast Guard, Gulf Cleanup, Green News

NEW ORLEANS (Associated Press) - The government's point man for the Gulf spill plans to meet with coastal parish officials Thursday to talk about what...

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Tropical Storm Bonnie Headed Towards Gulf Oil Spill

AP | JUAN McCARTNEY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bonnie Oil Spill, BP Oil Spill, Oil Spill, Green News, Oil, Tropical Storm Bonnie, Tropical Storm Bonnie Oil, Gulf Oil Spill, Thad Allen, Thad Allen Bonnie, Green News

MIAMI — Bonnie has weakened to a tropical depression with winds near 35 mph (55 kph) after crossing Florida. Forecasters with the U.S. National...

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While We Wait: Deepwater Photos and Video from Sunday Flyover

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unified Command, New Orleans, Oil Leak, Oil Spill, Louisiana Oil Spill, Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Deepwater Horizon, Thad Allen, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, BP Oil Spill, Coast Guard, Gulf of Mexico, Green News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

NewOrleans.com Producer Dwayne Fatheree has posted a new gallery of photos and video from his Deepwater Horizon site flyover yesterday. He writes t...

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Oil Is Now LEAKING From Top Of The Cap, Seepage Reported 2 Miles Away

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gulf Leak, BP Oil Cap, Thad Allen, Gulf Oil Spill, Controlling Gulf Leak, Oil Seepage, Oil Leak Seepage, Green News

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Oil and gas are leaking from the cap on BP's ruptured oil well but the cork will stay in place for now, the federal government's ...

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BP, Feds Clash Over Reopening Capped Gulf Oil Well

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gulf Oil Spill Cap, Bp, Gulf Oil Spill, BP PLC, Bp Cap, Deepwater Horizon, Thad Allen, Green News

NEW ORLEANS (Associated Press) - BP and the Obama administration offered significantly differing views Sunday on whether the capped Gulf of Mexico oil...

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The Gulf Waits: Oil Is Plugged, But For How Long?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Spill Cap, Bp, BP PLC, Gulf Oil Spill, Deepwater Horizon, Thad Allen, Green News

NEW ORLEANS (Associated Press) - The Gulf Coast found itself in an odd moment of limbo Saturday: The oil has been stopped, but no one knows if it's co...

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