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Government Raises Estimate Of Oil Flow To 20,000 To 40,000 Barrels A Day, More Or Less

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Marcia McNutt, Oil Spill, BP Oil Spill Estimates, British Petroleum, BP Oil Spill, Ken Salazar, Gulf Oil Spill, Green News

The Obama administration has once again increased its estimate of the flow of oil from BP's blown-out well. Three different groups of scientists mak...

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Silver Linings in the Muck

William S. Becker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Energy, Restoration, Carol Browner EPA, President Obama, Environment, Ecosystems, Oil, Clean Energy, Ken Salazar, Gulf Oil Spill, Home News
William S. Becker

It seems insensitive to talk about silver linings in the middle of the life-killing oil spill in the Gulf. But in fact, there are a couple we should ...

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Fire Ken Salazar

Taylor Marsh | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Bp, Ecology, Environment, Birds, BP Oil Spill, Ken Salazar, Gulf Oil Spill, Barack Obama, Green News
Taylor Marsh

Interior Sect. Ken Salazar isn't the only one to blame in this nightmare of incompetence, but he deserves to be the fall guy, because his lack of leadership at the Interior Dept. is the catalyst that exploded this ecological and economic nightmare.

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BP Is Still Pointing Fingers -- Time for Us to Act

Sophie B. Hawkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Minerals Management Service, BP Oil Rig, Renewable Energy, BP Oil Spill 2010, Oil, Waterkeeper Alliance, Our Oceans, Deepwater Horizon, Oceans, BP Oil Spill, Ken Salazar, Green Energy, Gulf Oil Spill, Offshore Drilling, Green News
Sophie B. Hawkins

It was just before Earth Day 2010 when the when the BP disaster, a veritable "Chernobyl of the Ocean" and possibly the worst oil spill in human history, erupted.

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Why Michael Bennet Will Win the Colorado Senate Race

Nancy Cronk | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Mike Miles, Primary, Money, Romanoff, Colorado, Ken Salazar, Campaign, Candidates, Bennet, Denver, Democrats, Barack Obama, Assembly, David Sirota, Mark Udall, Caucus, Betsy Markey, PAC Money, Clean Campaigns Colorado, Brandon Schaffer, Colorado Democratic Party, Jared Polis, Colorado Pols, PPP Poll, Diana DeGette, Health Care, John Flerlage, Colorado Congressional Delegation, Mike Coffman, Wellington Webb, Ed Perlmutter, John Salazar, Fundraising, Bill Ritter, John Hickenlooper, Square State, Contributions, Supreme Court, Obama, Senate, Denver News
Nancy Cronk

Andrew Romanoff will not win; newly appointed US Senator Michael Bennet will win his first race. Here's why.

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Can Tom Peters Help Us Find Excellence In An America That Needs To Re-Set Its Thinking?

Steven G. Brant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Energy, Energy Efficiency, Seth Grodin, Oil Drilling, Tom Peters, Benjamin Cardin, Michael Eisner, Pbs Newshour, Ken Salazar, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, Offshore Drilling, Politics News
Steven G. Brant

I don't see much evidence that those proposing ways to fix what isn't working about America understand what really needs to be done. My concern extends to the biggest "fix what's broken" manager America has: President Barack Obama.

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Can Anyone Explain This Offshore Drilling Decision?

Andrew Winston | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Climate Negotiations, Thomas Friedman, Cap and Trade, Energy Independence, Senator McCain, President Barack Obama, Oil Markets, Ken Salazar, Offshore Drilling, Green News
Andrew Winston

I'm completely confused by the decision on offshore drilling, or at least by its timing. I can only come up with a few plausible reasons the President would support this, but none make real sense to me. Here are some lines of logic that some may support...

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Obama Says "Offshore It!" We're All For It!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Read More: George Bush, Obama Supporters, Obama Energy Policy, Oil and Gas Drilling, Environmentalists, Liberals, Bush Administration and Offshore Drilling, George W. Bush, Obama and Energy, Democrats, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Offshore Drilling, Obama Administration, Obama and Offshore Drilling, Bush Administration, Drilling, Ken Salazar, Republicans, Bush Administration and Energy, Comedy News
Rick Horowitz

Once the president announced on Wednesday that he wanted to go ahead with expanded offshore drilling -- we were only too happy to point out what a wonderful thing this would be.

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Jason Linkins

Obama Announces Drilling Policy In Front Of Toyota Prius Of Fighter Planes

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: White House, Florida, Alaska, Gulf of Mexico, Delaware, Oil Imports, Oil Exports, West Coast, Obama, Oil Drilling, Oil, Beaufort Sea, Green Hornet, Climate Change, Bristol Bay, Virginia, Moratorium, South Carolina, Georgia, Green News, East Coast, Chukchi Sea, Ken Salazar, Opec, Atlantic Ocean, Oceans, Energy, Climate Bill, North Carolina, Eat the Press, Green News

President Barack Obama, despite having previously supported a moratorium on offshore oil drilling during the 2008 presidential campaign, has announced...

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Obama Administration Closes Bush Era Drilling Loophole

AP | PAUL FOY | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Oil and Gas, Interior Department, Salt Lake City, Obama Administration Oil and Gas, Bush Administration, Rocky Mountains, Ken Salazar, 2005 Energy Policy Act, Barack Obama, Denver News

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Jason Linkins

SHOCK: Offshore Drilling Decision Seems Unlikely To Result In GOP Support

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: White House, Delaware, West Coast, Dan Bartlett, Obama, Climate Change, Offshore Drilling, Video, Virginia, John Boehner, East Coast, Ken Salazar, Opec, Oceans, North Carolina, Alaska, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Exports, Oil Imports, Oil, Oil Drilling, Beaufort Sea, Bristol Bay, Moratorium, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Georgia, South Carolina, Green News, Chukchi Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Energy, Climate Bill, Eat the Press, Green News

As mentioned before, the conventional wisdom on President Obama's decision to backtrack on his previous support for a moratorium on drilling is that h...

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Gulf Oil Spill: Ken Salazar Faces Calls For His Resignation

Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Elizabeth Birnbaum, Minerals Management Service, Gulf Oil Spill Response, Ken Salazar, Gulf Oil Spill, Interior Department, Mms, Green News

Is Ken Salazar the next head to roll, as a result of the gulf oil disaster? Last week, Elizabeth Birnbaum quit under pressure as head of the Interior ...

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Our Generation Screwed Over by Obama's Offshore Drilling Plan

Morgan Goodwin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Oil, Obama, Ken Salazar, Barack Obama, Offshore Drilling, Green News
Morgan Goodwin

The millennial generation so inspired by Obama to vote in record numbers has the most to lose from the expansion of drilling.

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Obama Oil Drilling Plan: East Coast, Alaska Waters Could Open For Drilling

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Energy, White House, Moratorium, Oil Imports, Opec, Beaufort Sea, Oil Exports, West Coast, Obama, Georgia, Bristol Bay, Virginia, Oil Drilling, South Carolina, Oil, East Coast, Delaware, Chukchi Sea, Florida, Climate Change, Oceans, Alaska, Ken Salazar, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, Climate Bill, North Carolina, Video, Green News

Scroll down to watch video of President Obama arguing against offshore drilling during his 2008 presidential campaign. (Washington/AP) Reversing a ba...

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Obama, Salazar's Alleged Secret Plan For Vermillion Basin National Monument Draws Legislative Response

Denver Daily | Peter Marcus | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Department of Interior, Mike Coffman, Interior Department, Ken Salazar, National Monument, Vermillion Basin, Doug Lamborn, Denver News

The debate over designating new national monuments across the West continues, despite guarantees by President Obama's administration that there is no ...

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Obama White House Defends Itself Against James Carville's Oil Spill Criticism

Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Ken Salazar, BP Oil Spill, Louisiana, Robert Gibbs, White House, Oil Spill, Elizabeth Birnbaum, Obama, James Carville, Gulf Oil Spill, Federal Response, Mms, Green News

The White House defended itself against James Carville's scathing criticism of the federal response to the BP oil spill Friday. During an Air Force O...

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Only Transparency Can Permanently Fix the Mess at the MMS

Karin Lissakers | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Interior Department, Transparency, Minerals Management Service, Cardin, Oil, Ken Salazar, Gulf Oil Spill, Richard Lugar, Politics News
Karin Lissakers

The way to clean up the mess in the Interior Department and in our waters is to shine enough light to make dealings between industry and government transparent to all of us.

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Oil Spill: 5 New Rules and Regulations for Talking About BP Disaster

Katie Halper | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Ed Schultz, Bp, Hugo Chavez, Msnbc, John McCain, Holocaust, Andrea Mitchell, British Petroleum, Gulf Oil Spill, Drill Baby Drill, Barack Obama, Chavez, Exxon Valdez, Cesar Chavez, Drill Here Drill Now, False Equivalence, Slavery, Fox News, Hurricane Katrina, BP Oil Spill, Alaska, Ken Salazar, Off-Shore Oil Drilling, Comedy News
Katie Halper

Automatically blaming Halliburton every time you hear of a preventable fatal tragedy due to cutting corners and saving money or a rape cover-up is not paranoia or a knee-jerk reaction. It is a statistical probability.

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Bob Abbey New MMS Head: Land Management Chief To Take Over Criticized Drilling Agency

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Mms Elizabeth Birnbaum, Minerals Management Service, Elizabeth Birnbaum, Interior Department of Land Management, Bob Abbey Mms, Ken Salazar, Gulf Oil Spill, Bob Abbey, Mms, Green News

WASHINGTON — The chief of the Interior Department's land management bureau has stepped in to run the much-criticized agency that oversees offsho...

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Obama to BP: "Disperse!"

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, White House, Florida, Bp, Louisiana, Alabama, Mms, Barack Obama, Obama Administration, Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Offshore Drilling, Epa, Interior Department, Minerals Management Service, Chemical Dispersants, Ken Salazar, Lisa Jackson, Mississippi, Gulf Coast, Environmental Protection Agency, Comedy News
Rick Horowitz

High on that list of new actions to deal with the oil-spill crisis, according to well-placed sources, is a plan to drop hundreds of thousands of gallons of chemical dispersant on senior BP executives.

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Obama Oil Spill Speech: President To Take Questions, Cite Report, On Gulf Oil Spill

AP | TOM RAUM and JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Gulf Oil Spill, Obama Oil Spill, Obama Gulf Oil Spill, Obama Oil Spill Speech, Obama Bp, Obama Deepwater Horizon, BP PLC, Ken Salazar, Arctic Drilling, Louisiana, Green News

WASHINGTON — Thrown on the defensive, President Barack Obama acknowledged his administration could have done better in dealing with the biggest ...

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New Arctic Drilling Suspended: No New Permits Until 2011

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Ken Salazar, Interior Department, Drilling Permit, Arctic Drilling, Exploratory Drilling, Oil Wells, Gulf Oil Spill, Shell Oil, Arctic, Green News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is suspending proposed exploratory drilling in the Arctic Ocean. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says in a...

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Separating Enforcement From Permission

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Al Gore, Bill Clinton, President Obama, Bp, Louisiana, British Petroleum, Obama, Barack Obama, Ice, Oil Spill, Minerals Management Service, Oil, Salazar, Ken Salazar, Ins, Gulf Coast, Uscis, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Granting permission to an industry, and enforcing laws and regulations for that same industry are two diametrically-opposed functions. There is no reason they should be handled by the same agency -- no matter what industry we're talking about.

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Jason Linkins

Gulf Oil Spill Prompts Ken Salazar's 'TMI' Moment

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Ken Salazar, Deepwater Horizon, Too Much Information, Gulf Oil Spill, David Hayes, Salazar Underwear, Eat the Press, Video, Media News

Whenever there is a crisis, like the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, people want to see their elected officials and appointed agency heads out there, in ...

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Green News Report -- May 25, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Google, India, Tony Hayward, Lobbyists, Epa, Green Business, Green News Report, Coal, West Virginia Mine Explosion, Louisiana, Don Blankenship, Fossil Fuels, Steven Chu, Ken Salazar, Mms, Bp, Interior Department, Massey Energy, Fuel Economy, California, Bobby Jindal, Mother Jones, Nuclear Energy, Green Building, Salmonella, Coast Guard, Barack Obama, AB 32, Toxic Chemicals, Minerals Management Service, BRAD BLOG, Rachel Maddow, Green News, Sustainability, Climate Legislation, Food Recall, BP Oil Spill, Upper Big Branch Mine, China, 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: New Rules for...

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