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Save, Baby, Save

George Lakoff, Truthout: "The Death Gusher in the Gulf should tell us to end offshore drilling forever. The reason is simple: Systemic risk! Better regulations won't end what went wrong: Corporate greed, cutting corners to save money, lack of coordination among subcontractors, unforeseen factors, and just plain incompetence in private industry."

http://www.truth-out.org/george-lakoff-save-baby-save-a-barrel-saved-is-a-barrel-not-needed-ever61340



Gulf Spill Raises Questions About Role of Oil Consultants

Shashank Bengali, McClatchy Newspapers: "The names, locations and geographical coordinates are different. Otherwise the drilling plans for three oil companies in the Gulf of Mexico contain identical fonts, footnotes, overly optimistic projections and even typographical errors."

http://www.truth-out.org/gulf-spill-raises-questions-about-role-oil-consultants61384

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Scientists Say Gulf Oil Disaster Altering Food Web
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/07/14-1

There’s Just No Pleasing Some Robber Barons
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/07/14-2

Oceanographer and Documentary Filmmaker Jean-Michel Cousteau Returns to Gulf to Survey Oil Damage
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/07/15-0



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