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Offshore Safety Chief Pushes For Stiffer Fines

AP | By DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 12.13.2011 | Green
Read More: Bp, Oil Spill Fines Michael Bromwich, Oil Spill Fines, Oil Spill, Halliburton, Environment, Offshore Drilling Safety, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean, Offshore Drilling, Video, Green News

WASHINGTON -- The head of the offshore drilling safety agency is telling Congress current fines for offshore violations need to be much stiffer. Mich...

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Transocean: No Sign Of Oil Leak At Deepwater Horizon rig

AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 12.12.2011 | Green
Read More: Gulf-of-Mexico, Video, Oil Spill, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Oil, Deepwater Horizon, Coast Guard, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean, Transocean Deepwater Horizon Rig, Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Disaster, Green News

-- Oil rig operator Transocean Ltd. says no oil is leaking from the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded last year. Oil sheens were r...

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'Green News Report' - September 15, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.15.2011 | Green
Read More: Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Sustainability, Heatwave, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Solyndra, Australia, Al Gore, Exxonmobil, Transocean, Alaska, Hurricanes, Bp, Halliburton, Nascar, Coral Reefs, Water Pollution, Endangered Species, 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: Republica...

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BP's Bad Timing

Jackie Savitz | Posted 11.08.2011 | Green
Read More: Bp, Interior Department, Politics, Dolphins, Oil Drilling, Green, Drilling, Our Oceans, British Petroleum, Oceans, BP Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean, Barack Obama, Wildlife, Offshore Drilling, Green News
Jackie Savitz

If you were BP, wouldn't you wait for the right time to go back to the U.S. government to ask for more permits to drill? What would seem like a good time to do that?

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BP Reduces Its Gulf Disaster Bill By Settling With Partner

AP | JANE WARDELL | Posted 07.20.2011 | Business
Read More: U.S. Presidential Commission, Mitsui & Co., Bp, U.S. Coast Guard, Macondo Well, Oil Spill, Clean Water Act, Killik & Co., Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Transocean, MOEX Offshore 2007 LLC, Anadarko, Business News

LONDON — BP has struck a deal to receive around $1 billion from one of its minority partners in the blown-out Gulf of Mexico well, raising hopes...

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Green News Report: April 21, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.21.2011 | Green
Read More: Supreme Court, Co2, Fracking, Epa, Green Business, Clean Energy, Coal, Radioactivity, Power Shift, Climate Change Denial, Gulf of Mexico, Bill Mckibben, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Clean Energy Jobs, Van Jones, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Lobbying, Lou Dobbs, Earthquake, Environmentalism, Gulf Oil Spill, Barack Obama, Power Shift 2011, Toxic Chemicals, Poison, Senate, Japan Earthquake, Mining, Wildfires, Sustainability, Japan, BP Oil Spill, Iraq, Cap and Trade, Pesticides, Green Jobs, Factory Farms, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Nuclear, Pollution, Tennessee Valley Authority, Antibiotic Resistance, Water Contamination, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Contamination, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Tennessee, Electric Cars, Deepwater Horizon, Gop, Climate Change, Air Pollution, Global Warming Deniers, Bp, Earth Day, Utilities, Transocean, Fred Hiatt, Texas, Iraq War, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Water, Green News, Endangered Species, Toxic Waste, Hydraulic Fracturing, National Parks, 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: It's hard...

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April 20, 2011, Is the Gulf Oil Spill Deadline for Claims Against Transocean

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 06.20.2011 | Green
Read More: Bp, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf Coast Claims Facility, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean, Oil Spill Cliams, Green News
Joanne Doroshow

This day carries very real legal significance for residents in the Gulf region who are suing BP, Halliburton and Transocean and hoping to hold them accountable for the tremendous damage these companies caused.

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Questions for BP and the Oil Industry on the One-Year Anniversary of the Gulf Oil Disaster

Antonia Juhasz | Posted 06.20.2011 | Green
Read More: Environment, Bp, Gulf Oil Spill, Big Oil, Transocean, Gulf Oil Disaster, Deepwater Horizon, BP Oil Spill, Green News
Antonia Juhasz

One year ago today, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig -- owned and operated by Transocean and leased by BP -- exploded off the coast of Louisiana. El...

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A Collective Trance: One Year After the BP Oil Spill

Alison Fitzgerald | Posted 06.20.2011 | Books
Read More: Deepwater Horizon, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Oil Spill, Transocean, In Too Deep: Bp and the Drilling Race That Took It Down, Stanley Reed, Books News
Alison Fitzgerald

It was a year ago this week that an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded in flames, killing 11 men and sending more than a hundred workers fleeing for their lives into the dark sea.

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Green News Report: April 19, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.19.2011 | Green
Read More: Co2, Green Jobs, Fracking, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green Business, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Water Contamination, Radioactivity, Fossil Fuels, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Contamination, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Bp, Energy, Clean Energy Jobs, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Utilities, Earthquake, Environmentalism, Transocean, Barack Obama, Senate, Japan Earthquake, BRAD BLOG, Water, Green News, Sustainability, Endangered Species, Toxic Waste, Japan, Hydraulic Fracturing, BP Oil Spill, Supreme Court, Power Shift, Washington Post, Gulf of Mexico, Bill Mckibben, Van Jones, Lobbying, Lou Dobbs, Gulf Oil Spill, Power Shift 2011, Toxic Chemicals, Poison, Mining, Wildfires, Iraq, Pesticides, Cap and Trade, Factory Farms, Tennessee Valley Authority, Antibiotic Resistance, Big Oil, Tennessee, Electric Cars, Deepwater Horizon, Earth Day, Fred Hiatt, Texas, Iraq War, Energy Efficiency, Yosemite, National Parks, 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: Big victo...

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Fire on the Horizon

John Konrad | Posted 06.19.2011 | Green
Read More: Oil Drilling, Transocean Horizon, Deepwater Drilling, Oil, Deepwater Horizon, Transocean, Transocean/Deepwater Horizon, Green News
John Konrad

The investigations into the Deepwater Horizon rig's demise over the one year since that tragedy have all pointed toward the corrupting influence of the same forces I experienced first hand working for the same company.

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Green News Report: April 14, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.14.2011 | Green
Read More: Google, Co2, House of Representatives, Green Jobs, Fracking, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green Business, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Penguins, Coal, Water Contamination, Radioactivity, Fossil Fuels, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Contamination, Iaea, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Renewable Energy Standard, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Paul Ryan, Global Warming, Bp, Energy, Clean Energy Jobs, California, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Budget, Utilities, Earthquake, Environmentalism, Transocean, Barack Obama, Senate, Japan Earthquake, BRAD BLOG, Water, Green News, Sustainability, Endangered Species, Toxic Waste, Japan, Hydraulic Fracturing, 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: Californi...

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Green News Report: April 12, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.12.2011 | Green
Read More: Co2, House of Representatives, Natural Disasters, Epa, Green Business, Clean Energy, Coal, Radioactivity, Iaea, Oklahoma, Climate Change Denial, Solar Power, Paul Ryan, Global Warming, Energy, Clean Energy Jobs, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Budget, Earthquake, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, Senate, Japan Earthquake, Sustainability, Japan, BP Oil Spill, Green Jobs, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Nuclear, Pollution, Water Contamination, Drought, Fossil Fuels, Contamination, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Gop, Climate Change, Air Pollution, Global Warming Deniers, Bp, Utilities, Transocean, Texas, Koch Brothers, BRAD BLOG, Smart Grid, Water, Green News, Toxic Waste, Extreme Weather, Google, Antarctica, Fracking, California, Oil Shale, Smog, Alzheimer's, Penguins, Hydropower, Renewable Energy Standard, Dust Bowl, Coast Guard, Brain Damage, Wolves, Endangered Species, Hydraulic Fracturing, Seafood, 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: One month...

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Green News Report: April 7, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.07.2011 | Green
Read More: Co2, House of Representatives, Natural Disasters, United Nations, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green Business, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Electricity, Radioactivity, Fossil Fuels, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Contamination, Iaea, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Bp, Energy, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Utilities, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Transocean, Energy Efficiency, Pennsylvania, Japan Earthquake, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Sustainability, Toxic Waste, Japan, BP Oil Spill, Wind Power, India, Christiana Figueres, Oklahoma, Paul Ryan, Clean Energy Jobs, American Legislative Exchange Council, Budget, Earthquake, Barack Obama, Senate, Laura Flanders, Green Jobs, Antibiotic Resistance, Drought, Water Contamination, Texas, Koch Brothers, Water, Smart Grid, Chamber of Commerce, Extreme Weather, Smart Meter, 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 U.S....

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How the Richest "1 Percent" Keep Rewarding Themselves for Epic Failure

Linda Keenan | Posted 06.07.2011 | Business
Read More: Salmonella Outbreak, Egg Recall, Shadow Elite, Deepwater Horizon, Salmonella, Wall Street Crisis, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean, Wall Street Bonuses, Income Inequality, Joseph Stiglitz, Business News
Linda Keenan

A signature feature of the shadow lobbyist era is not just a manipulation of public policy, but also an embrace of "failing upward". No matter the track record, the elite 1 percent seek more of the same.

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Green News Report: April 5, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.05.2011 | Green
Read More: Co2, Natural Disasters, Fracking, Epa, Clean Energy, Coal, Chernobyl, Radioactivity, Iaea, Climate Change Denial, Green Party, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Environmentalism, Toxic Chemicals, Pennsylvania, Japan Earthquake, Sustainability, Natural Gas, Japan, BP Oil Spill, United Nations, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Nuclear, Pollution, Electricity, Fossil Fuels, Contamination, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Waste, Gop, Climate Change, Air Pollution, Global Warming Deniers, Bp, Subsidies, Energy Efficiency, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Waste Management, Green News, Hydraulic Fracturing, Toxic Waste, House of Representatives, Green Business, Don Blankenship, Tennessee, Deepwater Horizon, Paul Krugman, Farm Subsidies, Sewage, Massey Energy, Perchlorate, Bats, Utilities, Transocean, Executive Compensation, Upper Big Branch Mine, 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: Breaking:...

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Suck on This

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 06.05.2011 | Politics
Read More: Joe Barton, Alan Greenspan, Impunity, Transocean, Wall Street Fraud, Tim Geithner, Connck vs. Thompson, Politics News
Jonathan Weiler

Here are some notes from a nation in which the wealthy and powerful increasingly act with near impunity and the lesser off just have to "suck on this" -- in the immortal and unwittingly apt phrase of one of our elite pundits.

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Transocean Execs Get Bonuses For 'Best Year In Safety,' Despite Gulf Disaster

AP | JORDAN ROBERTSON | Posted 06.02.2011 | Business
Read More: Business News, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Green News, Deepwater Horizon, Executive Bonuses, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean Horizon, Transocean, Business News

SAN FRANCISCO — Transocean Ltd. gave its top executives bonuses for achieving the "best year in safety performance in our company's history" &nd...

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Tests on BP Well Blowout Preventer Confirm Redesign a Necessity

Robert L. Cavnar | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Energy, Bp, Det Norske Veritas, Deepwater Drilling, Bop, Blowout Preventer, Blowout, Gulf of Mexio, Transocean, Dnv, Deepwater Horizon, Green News
Robert L. Cavnar

The US government is currently issuing permits to drill knowing full well that operators are using blowout preventers that are insufficiently designed to shut in blown out deepwater wells.

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BP Asks Judge To Dismiss Oil Spill Claims

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Bp, Judge Carl Barbier, Deepwater Drilling, Oil-Pollution-Act-of-1990, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean, Deepwater Horizon Explosion, Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Disaster, Green News

NEW ORLEANS — BP and other companies sued over the massive Gulf oil spill are asking a federal judge to dismiss many of the claims filed by business...

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Weekly Mulch: The Sticky Truth about Oil Spills and Tar Sands

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Congress, The American Prospect, Green Jobs, Oil Sands Discovery Centre, Obama Administration, Richard Heinberg, The Nation, Friends of the Earth, Pipeline, National Oil Spill Commission, Canada, Offshore Drilling, Tar Sands, Mother Jones, Oil Pipelines, Earth Island Journal, Transcanada, Bp, The Michigan Messenger, Halliburton, Alberta, Keystone XL, Care2, Oceana, Transocean, Post Carbon Institute, State Department, Peak Oil, BP Oil Spill, Hillary Clinton, Paul Elliott, Economy, Green News
The Media Consortium

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger The National Oil Spill Commission released its report on last year's BP oil spill this week. The report la...

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Judge Orders Oil Spill Rig Owner To Turn Over Safety Records

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Transocean Safety Records, Transocean Gulf Oil Spill, Carl Barbier Transocean, Transocean Investigation, Transocean Deepwater Horizon, Transocean Carl Barbier, Transocean Spill Panel, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean Safety, Judge Carl Barbier, Transocean, Transocean Oil Spill, Green News

NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge has ordered Transocean Ltd. to turn over a batch of safety records to a government panel probing the deadly rig ex...

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Engineering Academy Finding: BP's "Failure to Learn"

Robert L. Cavnar | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Blowout Preventer, Blowout, Bp, Transocean, National Academy of Engineering, Investigation, Gulf of Mexico, Halliburton, Green News
Robert L. Cavnar

A common theme in a new report on Deepwater Horizon is that poor decision making, complacency and over confidence in BP's organization created an environment for an increasingly dangerous oil well.

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Halliburton Admits Skipping Critical Test Before Gulf Oil Spill

AP | CAIN BURDEAU | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Halliburton, Gulf Oil Spill, BP Oil Spill, Deepwater Horizon, Halliburton Gulf Oil Spill, Halliburton BP Oil Spill, Halliburton Deepwater Horizon, Haliburton, Halliburton Test, Transocean, Bp, Green News

NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge is ordering tests to be performed as soon as possible on cement Halliburton Co. used to seal the BP well that late...

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Carl Barbier, New Orleans Judge, Gets Most Of BP Oil Spill Lawsuits

AP | By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Bp, Payments, Court, New Orleans, Lawsuits, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean, Carl J. Barbier, Louisiana, Environmental Damage, Halliburton, Wetlands, Carl Barbier, Fishing, Cameron International, Fishermen, Green News

NEW ORLEANS (AP)-- A federal judge in New Orleans was picked Tuesday to preside over more than 300 lawsuits filed against BP PLC and other companies o...

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