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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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Oil Leaking From Damaged Offshore Rig

AP | CAIN BURDEAU | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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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'Flotels' Await Oil Spill Cleanup Workers On Gulf

AP | MIKE KUNZELMAN and GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gulf Oil Spill, Flotels, Oil Spill Relief Effort, Oil Spill Jobs, Oil Spill Containment, Oil Spill Cleanup, Port Fourchon, Martin Quarters, Green News

NEW ORLEANS — BP's stock plummeted and took much of the market down with it Tuesday as the federal government announced criminal and civil inves...

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