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WATCH: Gas Rig Sinks As Workers Scramble For Safety

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 02.05.2013 | Business
Read More: Persian Gulf, Iran Oil Rig, Oil Rig, Offshore Gas Rig, Iran, Qatar, Iran Gas Rig, Gas Rig Sinks, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Oil Platform, Video, Viral Videos, Gas Platform, Gas Rig, Youtube, Oman, Business News

Iran avoided a human tragedy when a fully manned 1,000-ton gas rig sank into the Persian Gulf last week without injuring any of the workers, according...

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Oil Rig Workers Evacuate As Gas Leaks

AP | Posted 05.26.2012 | Green
Read More: Video, Total, North Sea Gas Leak, Oil Rig, North Sea Oil Rig, Oil Rig Gas Leak, Total E&P, Oil Rig Leak, Ap, North Sea Oil, Green News

LONDON (AP) — Shell UK says it is withdrawing some of its workers from two North Sea platforms near an underwater gas leak from a Total-run rig. ...

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$39 Billion, Just the Tip of the $20 Trillion Oil Iceberg

Jigar Shah | Posted 01.30.2012 | Green
Read More: Energy, Rome-Based Eni SpA, Total, Renewable Energy, Exxon, Oil Drilling, Shell, Caspian Sea, Oil Rig, Oil, Colorado River, KazMunaiGaz National Co., Kazakhstan, Kashagan, Gizitdinov, Green News
Jigar Shah

Our energy needs are in conflict are out of synch with natural systems. In the case of the Caspian Sea's $39 billion oil-drilling project, here are some facts.

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Rig Owner Refuses To Honor Oil Spill Subpoenas

AP | HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Gulf Oil Spill Subpoena, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Rig, Oil Spill, Oil Rig, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup, Gulf Oil Spill, Green News

NEW ORLEANS — The owner of the rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico is refusing to honor subpoenas from a federal board that has challenged the c...

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This Labor Day, Think of Those Who Keep Your Lights On

Brian Keane | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Oil Rig Disaster, Oil Rig, Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup, Gulf Oil Spill, Labor Day, President Obama, Green News
Brian Keane

I have a lot to be thankful for this Labor Day: a job that I'm passionate about, a family that's happy and healthy, and a president who cares deeply a...

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Jason Linkins

Miami Herald Plays Fast And Loose With Oil Rig Photos

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Eat the Press, Louisiana Oil Rig Explosion, Vermilion Bay Oil Rig Explosion, Oil Rig Explosion Gulf of Mexico, Oil Rig Spill, Oil Rig, Green News, Deepwater Horizon, Oil Rig Disaster, Vermillion Bay, Oil Rig Explosion 2010, Miami Herald, Media News

Earlier today, another oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 100 miles south of Vermilion Bay in Louisiana. If you've been following ...

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Oil Rig Explodes In The Gulf Of Mexico Off The Louisiana Coast

AP | ALAN SAYRE | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Oil Rig Spill, Oil Rig Explosion Gulf of Mexico, Oil Rig, Oil Rig Disaster, Louisiana Oil Rig Explosion, Oil Rig Explosion 2010, Vermillion Bay, Vermilion Bay Oil Rig Explosion, Green News

NEW ORLEANS — An oil platform exploded and burned off the Louisiana coast Thursday, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than ...

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When Complex Systems Fail

Tom Loughlin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Quality Assurance, Failures, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Ethics, Safety, Oil Rig, Deepwater Horizon, Risk Management, Asme, Gulf Oil Spill, Technology, Complex Systems, Engineers, Technology News
Tom Loughlin

It's precisely because of the success and vigor of complex systems that we often take their reliability for granted. Most of us rarely consider the safety of an oil rig until something goes awry.

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Oil Rig Victims' Families Struggle With Loss

Washington Post | Lonnae O'Neal Parker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Oil Rig Victims, Oil, Oil Rig, Oil Rig Disaster, Oil Rig Families, Deepwater Horizon, BP Oil Rig, Oil Rig Explosion, Green News

EUNICE, LA. -- Keith Jones lingered outside the imposing doors of St. Anthony's Catholic Church debating whether to step into the memorial service ins...

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BP's Own Probe finds safety issues on Atlantis rig

AP | RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI and NOAKI SCHWARTZ | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Bp, BP Atlantis, Oil Rig, Atlantis Oil Rig, BP Investigation, Atlantis, Green News

HOUSTON — The company whose drilling triggered the Gulf of Mexico oil spill also owns a rig that operated with incomplete and inaccurate enginee...

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Marcus Baram

Big Oil Fought Off Rules Requiring Equipment To Prevent Blowouts

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Big Oil, Big Oil Safety Regulations, Oil Rig, Oil Rig Disaster, Blowout Preventer, BP Safety Regulations, Deepwater Horizon, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Green News

For over a decade, the oil industry has aggressively fought safety regulations intended to prevent accidents and blowouts on offshore oil drilling rig...

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Oil Spill Worse Than Exxon Valdez: Oceanographer

Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Bp, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Louisiana Oil Spill, Oil Spill, Exxon Valdez Worse, Green News, Oil, Oil Rig, Deepwater Horizon, Exxon Valdez, Green News

The Gulf Coast spill will have eclipsed the Exxon Valdez in terms of total gallons of oil before the weekend is over -- making it the largest oil spil...

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The Gulf Coast Oil Spill: An Ecological Disaster Years in the Making

Janet Ritz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Endangered Species, Business, Oil, Fauna, Science, Barack Obama, Politics, British Petroleum, Katrina, Flora, Halliburton, Gulf Oil Spill, Dick Cheney, Bp-Oil-Spill, BP Oil Spill, The Environmentalist, Louisiana Oil Spill, Energy, Oil Leak, Louisiana, Bp, Oil Rig, Deepwater Horizon, Green News, Oil Spill, Gulf Coast, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Drill Baby Drill, Green News
Janet Ritz

The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill has now reached the Gulf Coast and will likely eclipse the Exxon Valdez disaster in its impact on the ecology of th...

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Friday Talking Points [121] -- Swampy Muck

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Muck, White House, Lobbyists, Reform, Poll, Drill Baby Drill, Crist, Offshore Drilling, Berkshire Hathaway, Goldman Sachs, K Street, Wall Street Reform, Latino, Midotw, Union, Rally, Katrina, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Reid, Hispanic, Bp, Financial Reform, Democrat, Congress, Democrats, Barack Obama, Dodd Bill, Mddotw, Demonstration, Harry Reid, Dodd, Senate, Polls, Ben Nelson, President Obama, Cloture, Nebraska, Cornhusker Kickback, Filibuster, Democratic, Obama, Immigration, Chris Dodd, Bankers, Arizona, Friday Talking Points, Fourth Amendment, Republican, Charlie Crist, Oil Spill, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Mark Twain, Louisiana, Oil Rig, British Petroleum, Papers, Chill Baby Chill, Coast Guard, Approval Rating, Military Contractors, Wall Street, Vote, Chris Weigant, Checkpoint, Oil, Criminal Class, Warren Buffett, Pissing Contest, Gulf Coast, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Once you get started, it becomes quite easy to justify shaking people down for their papers. I think the police should pull over anyone who looks like they work on Wall Street, at any time.

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Halliburton May Be Culprit In Oil Rig Explosion

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Bp, Louisiana, Oil Spill, Oil Leak, Louisiana Oil Spill, Oil Rig, Oil, Green News, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf Coast, Video, Green News

This story has been updated Giant oil-services provider Halliburton may be a primary suspect in the investigation into the oil rig explosion that has...

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Green News Report -- April 29, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Toxic Water, Repower America, Australia, Epa, Oil Rig, Conservation, Clean Energy, Wind Energy, Coast Guard, Lindsey Graham, Green News Report, Barack Obama, Offshore Drilling, Toxic Chemicals, Biz Markie, Drought, Immigration Reform, Cape Wind, Oil Spill, BRAD BLOG, John Kerry, Green News, Oil, Harry Reid, Climate Legislation, Joe Lieberman, Toxic Waste, Sea Level Rise, Locusts, Climate Bill, 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: More on Linds...

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Green News Report -- April 27, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Carbon Capture and Storage, Lithium-Ion Battery, Massey Energy, Antarctica, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, Oil Rig, Lindsey Graham, Green News Report, Coal, Barack Obama, Offshore Drilling, Massey Explosion, Toxic Chemicals, Immigration Reform, Mississippi Tornado, West Virginia Mine Explosion, Carbon Offsets, Oil Spill, BRAD BLOG, John Kerry, Electric Cars, Oil, Green News, Harry Reid, Joe Lieberman, Climate Legislation, Tornadoes, Sea Level Rise, Climate Bill, 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: Remembering li...

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Marcus Baram

Oil Spill Gulf Of Mexico 2010: Congress Demands Answers From BP, TransOcean As Feds Launch Investigation

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Transocean, Menendez Oil Drilling, Bp, Deepwater Horizon, Oil Safety Regulations, Oil Rig, Oil Rig Disaster, Oil Rig Explosion, Congress Oil Drilling, Deepwater, Video, Green News

As the massive oil spill caused by the worst rig explosion in decades continues to spread across the Gulf of Mexico, more questions are being raised a...

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Unprecented Emergency, Environmental Protection Agency, Bp, Louisiana, Black Gold, Mississippi and Florida, Environment, Alabama, Environmentalism, Oil Slick, Volcano, Barack Obama, State of Emergency, Exxon Mobil, British Petroleum, Oil Companies, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Exxon Valdez, Gulf of Mexico, Energy, Safety Record, Nuclear Power, Economy, Safety, Green Energy, Contingency Planning, Oil Spill, Crude Oil, Business News, Impact, Crude Oil Prices, Oil, Oil Prices, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Exxon-Valdez-Worse, Oil Spill Gulf of Mexico 2010, Deepwater Horizon, Lousiana Oil Spill, Oil Rig, Oil Rig Explosion, Climate Crisis, Offshore Drilling, Oil Drilling, Climate Change, Climate, Obama Climate Change, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Climate Legislation, Climate Bill, Birds, Longevity, Marine Life, Sustainability, Food, Sustainable Seafood, Wildlife, Accident, TransOcean Accident, Admiral Thad Allen, Transocean, Noaa, Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi River, Mississippi-River-Delta, New Orleans, Halliburton, North Atlantic Ocean, East Coast, North Atlantic Current, Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup, Gulf Stream Oil, Catastrophe, Man Made Catastrophe, Green News
DK Matai

Editor's Note: This post has been removed from the Huffington Post....

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Marcus Baram

Big Oil Fought Off New Safety Rules Before Rig Explosion

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Transocean, Oil Drilling Safety, Bp, Oil Rig, Oil Rig Disaster, Deepwater Horizon, TransOcean Accident, Oil Drilling Disaster, Mms, Oil Accident, BP Accident, Oil Spill Gulf of Mexico 2010, Oil Spill, Green News

Scroll down to see the proposed safety regulations and BP's objection As families mourn the 11 workers thrown overboard in the worst oil rig disaster...

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Robot Submarines Working To Stop Gulf Coast Oil Leak

AP | CAIN BURDEAU | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Offshore Drilling, Oil Spill, Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Rig, Deepwater Horizon, Robot Submarines, Robot Subs, British Petroleum, Oil, Robot Sub, Robot Submarine, Green News

NEW ORLEANS — It could take hours or it could take months to stop a 42,000-gallon-a-day oil leak polluting the Gulf of Mexico at the site of a w...

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Oil Leaking From Damaged Offshore Rig

AP | CAIN BURDEAU | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Louisiana Oil, New Orleans, British Petroleum, Offshore Drilling, Bp, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, New Orleans Oil, Oil, Noaa, Transocean, Oil Rig, Deepwater Horizon, Green News, Energy, Oil Spill, Port Fourchon, Green News

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard discovered Saturday that oil is leaking from the damaged well that fed a massive rig that exploded this week off L...

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Oil Rig, Deepwater Horizon, Sinks And Sets Stage For Big Spill In Gulf Of Mexico

AP | KEVIN McGILL and HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Energy, Louisiana, Oil Spill, Noaa, Oil Rig, Oil, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Transocean, Offshore Drilling, Port Fourchon, Green News

NEW ORLEANS — A deepwater oil platform that burned for more than a day after a massive explosion sank into the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, creat...

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Dan Froomkin

Gulf Oil Spill: Rig Owner's Avoidance Of U.S. Jurisdiction Angers House Panel

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Transocean, Oil Spill, Deepwater Horizon, Oil Rig, Marshall Islands Registration, Gulf Oil Spill, Politics News

The Deepwater Horizon oil-drilling rig was registered in the Marshall Islands and its owners paid taxes in Switzerland -- but when the rig blew up and...

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Getting Risk Wrong. It's not just BP. It's You and Me

David Ropeik | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Bp, Climate Change, Deepwater Horizon, Oil Spill, Oil Rig, Flooding, Risk Perception, Drugs, Low Probability High Consequence, Chemicals, Nuclear Power, Offshore Drilling, Risk, Books News
David Ropeik

We need to honestly realize that the imperfect system of human risk perception is not just what greedy corporations do. It's what we all do, the people who make the decisions at those corporations, and you, and I.

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