Top 10 Dumbest Ways Exxon Mobil Is Cleaning Up The Yellowstone Oil Spill

Fact: Oil spill cleanup techniques have been the same for the past 25 years despite the billions of dollars oil companies have made. View List ›

Matt Stopera a year ago 60 responses

Top 12 Cutest Animals Threatened By The Yellowstone River Oil Spill

If you didn’t already know, a pipe burst in Montana sending oil 15 miles down the Yellowstone River. The damage to wildlife is unknown as of right now, but here’s a list of animals that will probably be affected by the spill. Just think about all of the baby otters. Such a horrible shame. View List ›

Matt Stopera a year ago 33 responses

205 Million Gallons

A year ago a massive oil spill began in the Gulf of Mexico. The entire country was glued to the news until the well was capped and then we forgot about it. Chris Harmon took a month to research and design this two-minute video that shows what would have happened if the oil hadn’t spilled. Watch Video ›

Jed Oliver 2 years ago 25 responses

15 Things That Happened On 420 Having Nothing To Do With Weed

A lot of important historical stuff happened on April 20th besides Columbus discovering Boulder, Colorado or the invention of Dave Chappelle or whatever reason everyone gets baked today. It’s an awful day for Colorado. And let’s not forget all the wonderful birthdays. View List ›

Gavon Laessig 2 years ago 32 responses

20 Pictures Of The March 2011 Gulf Oil Spill

Here are some pictures of this week’s mostly unreported oil spill off the coast of Lousiana. Several accounts have come in of a sheen nearly 100 miles long and 12 miles wide. Make it stop, already!! View List ›

Matt Stopera 2 years ago 33 responses

Former BP Cleanup Worker Documents The Effects Of The Oil Spill On Her Body

Jennifer Rexford has taken to YouTube to raise awareness about the health effects thousands of people are feeling from the oil spill. Until now, this has been a very unreported issue. I’ve also attached a local news report about other people in the area feeling similar effects. Real scary stuff. Watch Video ›

Matt Stopera 2 years ago 75 responses

Gulf Oil Spill Clean-up Crews Are Ill on current.com ›

The article is a bit hyperbolic, but it’s still a concern.

current 2 years ago respond

Oil Spill Reported Near Deepwater Drilling Site in Gulf on huffingtonpost.com ›

Here we go again.

The Huffington Post 2 years ago respond

MIT Unveils Uncontrolled Oil Cleaning Robot

MIT has unveiled the Seaswarm, an autonomous, oil-cleaning robot. The robots group together (hence the “swarm”) using WiFi and GPS to clean an affected area. Had the technology been available, 5000-10,000 of these robots could have presumably cleaned up the Gulf spill in a month. Below is a video detailing how the robots work. More here. Watch Video ›

Dave Stopera 2 years ago 27 responses

A Million Gallons Of Oil May Leak Into Lake Michigan

As if the Motor City wasn’t beleaguered enough, a regional oil company sprang a leak and is set to inadvertently feed upwards of one million gallons of oil into Lake Michigan. Err, are oil tycoons asleep at the wheel these days? View Image ›

Rohin Guha 2 years ago 29 responses

Want the Good News First? on nytimes.com ›

The Gulf Coast doesn’t look so bad on the surface. But it’s the unknowns that nobody is talking about.

NYTimes 2 years ago respond

Gulf Surface Oil Vanishing Quickly on nytimes.com ›

The oil is clearing much faster than expected, but concern remains over the unseen effects.

NYTimes 2 years ago respond

Workers on Doomed Rig Voiced Safety Concerns on nytimes.com ›

A confidential survey of workers on the Deepwater Horizon before the oil rig exploded showed that many of them feared reprisals if they reported mistakes or other problems.

NYTimes 2 years ago respond

After Oil Spills, Hidden Damage Can Last for Years on nytimes.com ›

Every oil spill is different, but the thread that unites some major ones is a growing scientific awareness of the persistent damage that spills can do.

NYTimes 2 years ago respond

Sifting a Range of Suspects as Gulf Wildlife Dies on nytimes.com ›

The vast majority of the dead animals that have been found along the Gulf Coast show no visible signs of oil contamination.

NYTimes 2 years ago respond

At BP, a History of Boldness and Costly Blunders on nytimes.com ›

In pursuit of growth and profits, BP has taken monumental risks and suffered the consequences. But its record shows that it has been unable or unwilling to learn from its expensive mistakes.

NYTimes 2 years ago respond

You Are Not Authorized to See These Pictures of the Oil Spill, Citizen

The government has effectively made it a felony to take pictures of oiled wildlife. While most of these pictures have previously been published by the mainstream media - and presumably will remain publicly available - that assumption is not 100% certain. By way of analogy, the government sometimes reclassifies as top secret information which was previously declassified. Watch Video ›

Reddit Top Links 2 years ago respond

BP’s Offshore Oil Strike Board Game (1970)

Well this is awkward. View Image ›

Rebecca E. 2 years ago 26 responses

Thanks To BP, This Is A Whale

A sperm whale found 70 miles from the Gulf Coast oil spill. Beware, the truth is graphic. View Image ›

Digg Top Links 2 years ago respond

That’s A Wonderful Cover, New Yorker

The cover of the July edition of The New Yorker features an illustration from Bob Staake depicting the gulf oil spill in the style of M.C. Escher. View Image ›

Reddit Top Links 2 years ago respond

Underwater Cartoons Get Hit by the Oil Spill

BP has not only destroyed our oceans and shores, but it’s going after our childhoods now! Imitation Spongebob’s voice is creepier than Spongebob’s real voice. Watch Video ›

Brian Feldman 2 years ago 81 responses

The July New Yorker Cover

The cover of the July edition of The New Yorker features an illustration from Bob Staake depicting the gulf oil spill in the style of M.C. Escher. View Image ›

Tanner Ringerud 2 years ago 117 responses

Latest blunder feeds frustration in the Gulf on news.yahoo.com ›

AP - Earlier this month, BP boldly predicted the oil gushing from the bottom of the sea would be reduced to a “relative trickle” within days, and President Barack Obama told the nation last week that as much as 90 percent would soon be captured. But those goals seemed wildly optimistic Thursday afte

Yahoo News 2 years ago respond

BP Is Pursuing Alaska Drilling Some Call Risky on nytimes.com ›

BP is moving ahead with an Alaska project considered “onshore” because it sits on an artificial island built by the company.

NYTimes 2 years ago respond

Cap back after robot nudge stalls oil collection on us.rd.yahoo.com ›

AP - A cap was back in place on BP’s broken oil well after a deep-sea blunder forced crews to temporarily remove what has been the most effective method so far for containing some of the massive Gulf of Mexico spill.

Yahoo News 2 years ago respond

Robot nudge foils Gulf oil collection for a day on us.rd.yahoo.com ›

AP - One nudge by a deep-sea robot, and BP had to back off its most effective method so far for containing the Gulf of Mexico oil leak.

Yahoo News 2 years ago respond

Cap Collecting Oil From Gulf of Mexico Leak on news.yahoo.com ›

Oil had spewed uncontrolled into the Gulf of Mexico for much of the day Wednesday before engineers reattached a cap being used to contain the gusher and direct some of the crude to a surface ship.

Yahoo News 2 years ago respond

Engineers Uncap Broken Oil Well in Gulf of Mexico on news.yahoo.com ›

Engineers had to completely uncap the broken oil well spewing into the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday after an undersea robot bumped into machinery being used to collect the spilled fuel. Hundreds of thousands of gallons more poured into the water as crews scrambled to replace a critical component.

Yahoo News 2 years ago respond

Check Out The Oil On Our Beach

A wonderfully tone-deaf ad from Spirit Airlines reminding viewers that beaches in San Juan have oiled-up babes on them rather than the oil-ridden pelicans in the Gulf. These are the same guys who brought you the Muff-Diving ad campaign a little while back, so they know what they’re up to. View Image ›

Jack Shepherd 2 years ago 41 responses