Thursday, June 17, 2010

BP Oil Spill Disaster worse than believed

June 17, 2010In the two months since the Deepwater Horizon explosion, millions of liters of oil have gushed out of BP's well into the water each day, slowly encroaching on the coastline. Fault Lines' Avi Lewis travels to the drill zone, and learns about the erosion in the wetlands from industry canals and pipelines, the health problems blamed on contaminated air and water from petrochemical refineries.


Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Obama announces oil spill compensation fund

June 16, 2010 — President Obama says BP has agreed to set up a 13.5 billion fund to help pay victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

GULF OIL SPILL: Huge Explosion Of Toxic Gas and Tsunami Possible

GULF OIL SPILL: Huge Explosion Of Toxic Gas and Tsunami Possible

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