Black Tears - How BP Killed The Gulf Of Mexico

Obama Administration Restricts Findings on Gulf’s Dead Dolphins

'The Obama administration has issued a gag order on data over the recent spike of dead dolphins, including many stillborn infants, washing up on Mississippi and Alabama shorelines, and scientists say the restriction undermines the scientific process. An abnormal dolphin mortality this year along the Gulf coast has become part of a federal criminal investigation over last year’s BP oil spill disaster and as a result, has led the US government to clamp down on biologists’ findings, with orders to keep the results confidential...Read more:

Oil Spill Reported Near Deepwater Drilling Site in Gulf

The Coast Guard is investigating reports of a potentially large oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico not far from the Deepwater Horizon site. According to a knowledgeable source, the slick was sighted by a helicopter pilot on Friday and is about 100 miles long. A fishing boat captain said he went through the slick yesterday and it was strong enough to make his eyes burn. According to the Times Picayune, the Coast Guard has confirmed they are investigating a potentially large 100 mile slick about 30 miles offshore. They are going to a site near the Matterhorn well site about 20 miles north of the BP Deepwater Horizon site, according to the paper. The Matterhorn field includes includes a deepwater drilling platform owned by W&T Technology. It was acquired last year from TotalFinaElf E&P. Independent pilots are attempting to reach the slick today. Bonnie Schumaker with Wings of Care reported she saw a slick two days ago and is attempting to reach the site...Read More

New Report From NASA Finds That Nearly 50 Percent of the Population Along the Gulf Coast is Experiencing Sickness Indicative of Chemical Poisoning

'Along the Gulf Coast, the marketing blitz for spring break is rolling out as the oil from the BP blowout 11 months ago continues to roll in along with increasing numbers of dead infant dolphins, in numbers completely without precedent. The beaches remain polluted with toxic oil and dispersant even as local politicians and government officials insist everything is fine and the oil miraculously gone. Thousands of pounds are collected each day from the few areas that remain under scrutiny, all of those being in highly visible resort areas. In one zone on Ft. Morgan beach in Alabama, a record 17,000 lbs was collected in one day after a winter storm rolled through. Along the beaches of Alabama in areas not frequented by media or guests, dead infant dolphins are left uncollected in the sand. Current plans by mayors of resort communities along the Gulf Coast will have thousands of vacationers, including at-risk populations, once again making sandcastles and sunbathing on toxic, polluted beaches....Read more:

BP Partners ‘Manipulating’ Oil Spill Evidence, Chemical Board Says

'The federal agency charged with investigating industrial chemical accidents has accused two BP partners of "hands-on manipulation" of evidence in the Gulf oil spill. The US Chemical Safety Board has asked for a halt to testing of the blowout preventer involved in the Deepwater Horizon explosion, saying that employees of Cameron International and Transocean have been permitted "hands-on manipulation" of the device...Read more:

Gulf Oil Spill Probe Credibility Questioned

'The credibility of investigations into the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is undermined since the representatives of the companies involved in the accident were allowed to participate in the probe. The United States Chemical Safety Board that monitors the analysis of evidence said in a letter to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement that the presence of the suspected companies in the probe undermines its authenticity. In its letter, the US Chemical Safety Board called for the discontinuation of the investigation until the representatives of Transocean and Cameron, the two companies which have made and maintained the blow out preventer device, were removed from the analysis...Read more:

US Sues BP over Gulf Oil Disaster

'The US has filed a lawsuit against oil giant BP and 8 other oil firms to seek compensation for damages caused by this year's disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The lawsuit, filed by the Justice Department with a federal court in New Orleans, charges the companies under the US Clean Water Act and Oil Pollution Act. The move came as thousands of individuals and small businesses have already sued the oil giant. The companies will face trial for "violations of safety and operational regulations" in the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig on April 20, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Wednesday...Read more:

Dispersants Cause Cell Death, DNA Damage

“We’re more concerned about the dispersant and the dispersant mixed with oil–the dispersed oil, if you will–than we are about the crude oil itself.” Tests conducted in recent months by[University of Southern Maine Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health director John] Wise’s lab, using human cell lines, show that dispersants cause cell death and DNA damage, which has been linked to cancer and reproductive problems....Read more:

BP and Macondo: The Hole Truth, Nothing But the Truth on the Third Hole

'BP has long denied ever drilling more than 1 well at the Macondo 252 prospect. That is a complete lie. Images of 2 different well-heads were published on 11 Nov 2010 to prove this. More images captured by BP’s ROVs are given here to provide the conclusive proof that the third and deepest well (S20BC) did exist. That well was the only well (out of the three) to have reached the oil reservoir at 18,300 ft bml. Images to prove that BP had not ceased chemical spraying despite public denials were published on 13 Nov 2010. So when Tony Hayward swore to tell the whole truth, nothing but the truth before Congress, was he not guilty of perjury?...Read more:

The Real Story In The Gulf of Mexico Behind The ‘All Sorted’ Propaganda

The idea was not to clean up the Gulf and its beaches, but to cover up the mess and its consequences. Oil on many beaches was simply covered with sand, as some ‘clean-up’ workers confirmed, though most were too frightened to speak out because they were warned they would lose their jobs with BP – pretty much the only jobs available once the disaster had decimated the Gulf coast economy.

BP covered up the extent of the oil in the Gulf by using lethal toxic ‘dispersants’ known as Corexit 9500 and Corexit 9527A, which are so appalling they are banned in Europe.

It was done for a simple reason – it makes oil sink and so the real scale of the pollution was put out of ‘eye’s’ way, though certainly not out of harms way. Corexit is manufactured by a Chicago-based corporation called Nalco which has major connections to BP and one of the company's major shareholders is apparently Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway ...

... The people and communities of the Gulf have been left to their fate by those with hearts of stone and the empathy of a concrete block. Those that control government and British Petroleum couldn’t give a damn – for them it is mission accomplished no matter what the human debris they leave in their wake. (David Icke.com)

Republicans Block BP Oil Spill Investigation in Senate

BP finally seals ruptured well which caused worst oil spill in U.S. history

After five months BP has finally sealed the ruptured well which spewed millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico and cost the company billions of pounds. The explosion of the British oil giant’s Deepwater Horizon rig on April 20 killed 11 workers, caused America’s worst ever oil leak and strained relationships between the U.S. and U.K. But yesterday retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, the federal government's point man on the disaster, which killed countless wildlife, said that BP's well 'is effectively dead'. Crews pumped in cement on Friday to plug BP's well nearly 2.5 miles - four kilometres - below the sea floor. The cement had hardened by Saturday, and a pressure test conducted confirmed that the plug would hold. The gusher was contained on July 15 after a temporary cap was successfully fitted on top of the well. Mud and cement were later pushed down through the top of the well, allowing the cap to be removed. But the well could not be declared dead until a relief well was drilled.(Daily Mail)

Massive Fish Kill Reported in Louisiana

'What you see above isn't a rural gravel road. It's a Louisiana waterway, its surface completely covered with dead sea life -- a mishmash of species of fish, crabs, stingray and eel. New Orleans CBS affiliate WWL-TV reports that even a whale was found dead in the area. Fish kills are fairly common along the Gulf Coast, particularly during the summer in the area near the mouth of the Mississippi, the site of this kill. The area is rife with dead zones -- stretches where sudden oxygen depletion can cause widespread death. But those kills tend to be limited to a single species of fish, rather than the broad sort of die-off involved in this kill. And therein lies the concern of Gulf residents, who suspect this may be yet another side effect of the catastrophic BP oil spill...Read more:

Gulf Residents Test Positive For Oil In Blood

'Several gulf residents have tested positive for oil in their blood as documented by Matt Smith and Heather Rally on the Intel Hub Radio Show last Thursday. Further testing is currently being preformed to find out if the chemical dispersant Corexit, made by Nalco, has entered the bloodstreams of gulf coast residents.

Smith, who is on scene in Louisiana had this to say: “It’s deadly because it’s accumulative…. the issue here is that these are residents these aren’t even the workers… everyone is getting sick….. it has turned into an aerosol in the air, and no one is talking about this, no one"...Read more:

BP's Oil Madness

13 oil workers pulled from sea after second offshore rig explodes in Gulf of Mexico

Breaking News: Daily Mail says: An offshore petroleum platform has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill. U.S. Coast Guard officers received reports of the explosion at the rig which produces 1,400 barrels of oil a day from a commercial helicopter company at about 2.30pm today. Seven helicopters, two aeroplanes and four boats were sent to the site, about 100 miles south of Vermilion Bay off the central Louisiana coast Seven Coast Guard helicopters, two aeroplanes and three cutters were dispatched to the scene from New Orleans, Houston and Mobile, Alabama. The platform, known as Vermilion Oil Platform 380, was owned by Mariner Energy of Houston

New Outrages Keep Gushing From BP

'With BP's well capped and CEO Tony Hayward exiled to Russia, perhaps you thought that surely there will be no additional revelations about BP to enrage you. But now comes this: prison labor.

In its national PR blitz to buff up its image, the oil giant has loudly been boasting that it has hired devastated, out-of-work local people to handle the clean-up. Many have been hired, but the people themselves say not nearly enough. The Nation magazine now reports a big reason for the shortfall — BP has been using inmates to do much of the shoveling and scooping to remove oil from Louisiana beaches.

In the early days of the cleanup, crews suddenly appeared wearing scarlet pants and white t-shirts with bold red letters spelling out, "Inmate Labor." Investigative reporter Abe Louise Young writes that the sight of prison laborers outraged the local community, so they were removed..Read more:

22-Mile Oil Plume Found in Gulf

'Scientists have detected an underwater plume of oil the size of Manhattan, according to the Wall Street Journal. The findings, published yesterday, further undermine the Obama administration’s optimistic view that most of the Deepwater Horizon oil has already disappeared...Read more:

Nearly 80 Percent of Gulf Spill Oil Still in Water: Experts

'Nearly 80 per cent of the oil spilled from a BP well in the Gulf of Mexico is still in the gulf, US scientists have estimated, challenging a more optimistic assessment by the US government earlier in the month.

In its August 4 report, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration found that half the 4.9 million barrels of oil spilled by the April 20 blowout had been evaporated, burned, skimmed or dispersed. A team of five scientists from the University of Georgia did their own analysis of the government data and came to a different conclusion...Read more:

Unfolding BP Catastrophe: Uncovering the Lies That Are Sinking the Oil

'The rampant use of toxic dispersants, out-of-state private contractors being brought in to spray them and US Coast Guard complicity are common stories now in the four states most affected by BP's Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.
Commercial and charter fishermen, residents and members of BP's Vessels Of Opportunity (VOO) program in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana have spoken with Truthout about their witnessing all of these incidents.'..Read more: