Leading Gulf of Mexico oil crime whistleblower Matthew Simmons tragically died in his Maine home Sunday night after a 3-month courageous stand against the petrochemical-military-industrial complex (PMIC) and its Gulf operation Disinformation campaign. He stood for the Gulf Coast people and the rest of humanity. Simmons was 67 years old.
Due to his high-profile exposure of lies, deceit, corruption and violence of the PMIC as its strongest critic, including calling the TV performances involving the well and capping efforts a "sham," there is speculation that Simmons' death was not a natural one. Such speculation is particularly strong among other whistleblowers and targeted individuals who know first-hand what it is like to be covertly harassed and assaulted. (See: Dupre, D. Human Rights Examiner: Targeted Individuals)
It is reported that Simmons' cause of death was drowning in his hot tub and/or heart attack, a common cause of whistleblower deaths.
Being publicly discredited for speaking truth as Simmons was is also a typical tactic applied to targets, dating back to Cointelpro early days.
As world renown expert on oil and its industry, thus knowing what the future holds for the Deep South population in terms of oil-related ill-health and suffering, Simmons advocated for evacuation after the Gulf explosion. Heading his call for evacuation soon after the explosion would have helped prevent the ongoing chemical and radiation poisoning of the thousands of children and adults now being poorly treated. It would have helped prevent the "heavy resident death toll" Simmons predicted.
Instead, no survival aid was forthcoming and media frequently bully-called Simmons "Mr. Doom."
Renwable energy vision for peace
Just as Rudolph Diesel understood power of oil and survival needs of the people, the Simmons understood oil and its impact on humanity. Both of these visionaries worked to remove power from the petrochemical-military-industrial complex and return that power back to the common man and woman through renewable energy. They both met untimely deaths.
Hundreds of scientists agree that if more communities and their leaders understood the viability of using alternative energy technology existent today and coordinated to establish it according to unique community needs and resources, the dirty, dangerous, corrupt crude oil kingpins would have less capacity to continue destroying the planet and people for their leaders' imperialist profits.
Focusing on renewable energy and needs of the people instead of focusing on the PMIC and its needs would create less need for the military. Military's never-ending supply of new high-tech weapons and war crimes would begin to cease. The U.S. could regain love and trust of people globally if the millions of Americans employed to make weapons, including weapons of mass destruction, were instead making wind and water turbines for energy, vertical farm energy centers and other safe, humane energy resources. Simmons was sponsoring such initiatives in Maine.
Of all the powerful people, from the President and First Lady to other high-level government and oil leaders watching death and destruction of the Gulf oil catastrophe, it was Simmons who established a college fund for children of the 11 oil workers killed in the Gulf explosion crime. It was his wish that this initiative be highlighted for greater support of those children otherwise forgotten and forsaken, as the PMIC - BP government has proven to do to with all the children and their parents still surviving Gulf operation poisoning.
Blowing the whistle on the PMIC Disinformation campaign's 'no oil found', 'no health problems here' and 'come swim in the Gulf waters and eat the Gulf seafood,' Simmons prompted thousands of people to research and agree with his analysis.
Only days before Simmons death, a land surveyor demonstrated with public documents that there are two exploratory wells and the one that major TV networks continually showed the public was not the one actually gushing, as Simmons has repeatedly explained. (See: Dupre, D. Breaking Gulf news: Land Surveyor proves Simmons right. TV well sham, Examiner, August 6, 2010) The following is a comment left on this Examiner site after that article:
"I tried to verify Land Surveyors information and checked the initial exploration plan. I can confirm what he [Land Surveyor] shows us in his videos. I advise everyone, who doubts this information, to read the plan for himself. Since I cannot post the direct link - google: gomr bp initial exploration plan Mississippi Canyon Block 252 (the pdf file takes some time to load). On page 8 the proposed activity is listed: Well location “A”: Start Date 04/15/2009; End Date 07/24/2009 Well location “B”: Start Date 04/15/2010; End Date 07/24/2010 The Deepwater Horizon oil spill happened on the 20th April of 2010. The coordinates for well “A” are: X: 1202,803.88' Y: 10,431,617.00' The coordinates for well “B” are: X: 1202,514.00' Y: 10,431,494.00' Countless youtube videos of the remotely operated vehicles (ROV) show, that the ROV operated much closer to well A, than to well B."
Another commenter of that same article asked, "Does anyone appreciate the full significance of these findings?"
Simmons is survived by his wife, Ellen, and their five daughters.
Although Simmons was founder and chairman emeritus of Simmons & Company International and prominent advocate of peak oil, many will remember him mainly as a brave humanitarian who worked to bring peace to earth.
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coincidence or consequence?
Have any other whistleblowers been killed. It would be difficult to believe that Matt was/is the only one.
Any videos of Matt talking about his own life in danger?
The public, including us, will probably never know, or not know for a great many years, whether this guy was murdered, or simply died of natural causes.
IMO this is probably the least important thing to be concerned with, (I'm talking as a member of the public, not as a member of this man's family, so please don't think I'm disrespecting them).
His message is what is important, he was a strong advocate for transparency in the government dealings with oil companies, and a strong advocate for renewable energy research. If the government or others, had decided to kill this man, (and I'm not suggesting this is what happened), they would have made a big mistake. While he was alive they could discredit him, now he is dead, and his death is thought to be suspicious by some, his words and deeds will be widely known.
"His message is what is important, he was a strong advocate for transparency in the government dealings with oil companies, and a strong advocate for renewable energy research. If the government or others, had decided to kill this man, (and I'm not suggesting this is what happened), they would have made a big mistake. While he was alive they could discredit him, now he is dead, and his death is thought to be suspicious by some, his words and deeds will be widely known.
Who benefits from this man's death?"
One reason I posted this article is that I think his message is worth taking a close look at (assuming that damage control hasn't already been done, and links/articles/videos on him haven't been removed/edited.
Thats the good thing about the internet Mira, there will be lots of people with information/vids/articles etc, collected and stored. Once something is on the web, its very hard to claw it back, and I would say impossible. In this case, that is a very good thing.
The thing is most people don;t go looking for the missing pieces once they go missing. Then its easy for the disinfo agents to point at these rare saved pieces and just discount them or spin the data. They can alter the data and cause it to resurface while claiming that, that is the original data, Then it comes down to one sites word against the other and the confusion and fragmentation occurs. Lots you can do to create confusion after the fact. There is much of this going on in other areas of the Conspiracy "world."
Most people are not following closely enough for them to be able to go.."ya I remember that was how the data was originally reported." A very small minority may remember it in its original form.
Perception is reality and perception is being played with by TPTB.
129589, There is an old saying, "If it seems to good to be true, it probably is", I also think this can be applied to bad things as well, "If it seems to terrible to be true, it probably is".
Over the years I've collected a great many predictions, (both good and bad), Conspiracy theories, (both good and bad, the good ones are rare though), its a sort of hobby of mine.
There is one true pattern that I have seen emerge from studying these things, is that the great bulk of the doom and destruction predictions and theories, do not happen, and are found to be based on nothing but people's imagination, and are not proven with evidence.
There are, of course, exceptions to the rule, as there are with all rules, but these exceptions are rare. The pattern is unmistakable to those that study with an open mind.
Matt Simmons made some dire predictions about this oil spill, that have not occurred, when I first read these predictions, I thought they fell nicely into the "If it seems to terrible to be true, it probably is" category. However, this in no way closed my mind to the other things that he promoted, such as renewable energies, and exposing the corruption and greed of the oil companies and government officials.
Speculation about his death doesn't help promote his message, it helps promote the agenda of those that would like it to be a planned murder, but cannot prove anything.
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Oil industry icon Matt Simmons became a household name during the BP oil spill crisis, partly because of his criticism of BP and their handling the worst oil spill in US history.
Simmons, 67, was found dead in his home in Maine on August 8, 2010. The medical examiner’s office is unclear about whether he had drowned in his tub after suffering a heart attack, or died from a heart attack while drowning.
Before his unexpected death, Simmons had become a whistle blower against BP and the US government. He used his oil industry and government connections to reveal information about the BP oil spill disaster that he claimed were deliberately hidden from the public.
The confusion surrounding the exact cause of his recent death has sparked reports that he was assassinated by either the CIA or BP.
Current news reports, Simmons “blew the whistle on several lies BP and Government where telling to the public.”
In the early days of the Gulf oil spill disaster, Simmons said claims that only 5,000 barrels of oil were leaking "were preposterous.” Simmons said, “A minimum of 120,000 barrels of oil per leaking into the Gulf.”
As it turns out, he was right.
Simmons also said there were leaks 5 to 7 miles away from the damaged Deepwater Horizon well, and that huge underwater plumes, creating dead zones, covered up to 40% of the Gulf of Mexico.
Right again. Both claims were later confirmed by NOAA.
More recently, after BP claimed they had capped the leaking well, Simmons stood by his earlier statements that the well being shown the public is a fake and BP has a second well leaking in the Gulf.”
“Certainly the claims being made by Matt Simmons could have been deemed as a threat to National Security…and just may have earned him a place on the CIA kill list," according to Current. "Both the United States Government and Great Britain consider BP as critical to national security, as BP supplies 80% of the US Military’s oil and BP pays millions of Government pensions in the US and Great Britain.”
Some people believe Simmons was off base with his claims of a BP and US government cover-up of the true scope of the Gulf oil spill disaster. Others say he was right on target. Whichever is true, the circumstances surrounding his premature death may only lead to more questions than answers.
Did The CIA Assassinate Matt Simmons For Blowing The Whistle On The BP Gulf Oil Spill?
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Matt Simmons, a prominent oil industry expert who lately has been very outspoken about the BP Gulf Oil Spill coverup, was found dead in his home after supposedly drowning after apparently suffering from a heart attack.
But did Matt Simmons really die of a heart attack or was he assassinated?
Watch: Did The CIA Assassinate Matt Simmons For Blowing The Whistle On The BP Gulf Oil Spill Coverup?
Matt was very vocal on several nationwide news programs making claims that have led some people to question his sanity along with blowing the whistle on BP and Government on several issues.
Matt Simmons was very well connected to other oil industry insiders and top government officials in charge of regulating the oil industry.
As a result of those connections Matt has blew the whistle on several lies BP and Government where telling to the public.
Matt called the claims that only 5,000 barrels of oil were leaking preposterous and instead conjectured there must be at least a minimum of 120,000 barrels of oil per leaking into the Gulf.
Matt also reported that there were leaks 5 to 7 miles away which were later confirmed by a NOAA report issued by the Thomas Jefferson.
Matt Simmons also revealed that NOAA ships discovered a huge underwater plume of oil at 1100 meters below the surface which could possibly cover up to 40% of the Gulf of Mexico at a time when NOAA and the federal government were publicly denying the existence of underwater plumes of oil.
Matt made national headlines by stating BP would go bankrupt because they didn’t have enough money to clean up the Gulf of Mexico as well as making claims that the well integrity and pressures were so high that nothing short of a nuke could close this well.
Just recently after BP capped the leaking well Matt stood by his earlier claims that the well being shown the public is a fake and BP has a second well leaking in the Gulf.
The untimely death of Matt Simmons combined with his continual use of his US Government connections to blow the whistle on BP and the Government raises the question of whether Matt Simmons died of natural causes or was really assassinated.
The number one suspect for assassinating Matt Simmons is the CIA because under the rule of the Obama administration the CIA now has the ability to add anyone, including American citizens, deemed as threat to national security on what is known as the kill list.
Being placed on the kill list means the CIA can assassinate you anywhere in the world without even having to publicly make a complaint against you.
Both the United States Government and Great Britain consider BP as critical to national security as BP supplies 80% of the US Military’s oil and BP pays millions of Government pensions in the US and Great Britain.
Certainly the claims being made by Matt Simmons could have been deemed as a threat to National Security as Matt spoke of the apocalyptic consequences of the BP Gulf Oil Spill and those claims just may have earned Matt Simmons a place on the CIA kill list.
So now that we have see that it was indeed possible that Matt Simmons was on the CIA kill list let us the assume that the medical examiner’s report was not faked and Matt Simmons really did die from drowning after having a heart attack.
Believe it or not former CIA whistleblowers have revealed that the CIA has developed an undetectable chemical dart that dissolves completely in the skin of the target victim and causes a heart attack.
Was Matt Simmons place on the CIA kill list because he was a threat to national security?
Did BP or the CIA have Matt Simmons killed?
Was Matt Simmons assassinated?
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Without Matt Simmons: Has Peak Oil, Well, Peaked?
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By Michael Corkery
Matt Simmons, the maverick investment banker who championed the concept of peak oil, died of a heart attack in a hot tub in Maine. He was 67.
Bloomberg News
Simmons is best known for raising the alarm, in books, in lectures, television interviews and to anyone who would listen, that the world’s oil reserves had peaked.
The concept of “peak oil” wasn’t new when Simmons wrote Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy, in 2005. In fact, peak oil was first posited by a geophysicist named M. King Hubbert in the 1950s who predicted that world oil supply would peak in 1995.
But Simmons helped to being the theory to the mass media, after traveling to Saudi Arabia in 2003 to research that nation’s secretive data on oil reserves, or the amount of oil able to be pumped out of the ground. His book became an instant classic among Conspiracy theorists. It gained mainstream exposure when, in the summer of 2008, crude-oil prices began spiking to $147 a barrel and American drivers were getting crushed at the gas pump.
“I find it ironic that here we have the biggest industry on earth, and I’m one of the few people to figure out that we have a major problem,’’ Simmons told Fortune in September 2008. “And I did it all in my spare time. How stupid and tragic is that? I shouldn’t be one of the only folks that actually has a handful of ideas of how we can keep from blowing each other up and get through this.”
Simmons’ stood out because of his street credibility, not with environmentalists, but in the oil industry, where he worked for decades as an investment banker. He started his own firm Simmons & Co in 1974. He espoused maverick views, but he was still of the industry establishment (admired by T. Boone Pickens and an energy adviser to George W. Bush)
It was against the backdrop of peak-oil concerns that the industry underwent a consolidation wave, as companies clamored for greater share of a finite resource, and oil giants made plays for natural gas, such as Exxon Mobil’s acquisition of XTO late last year.
Simmons was back in the limelight this spring when BP oil’s rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded. He went out on a limb (his critics say too far out) by predicting in June that the spill would cause BP to go bankrupt and that “if a hurricane comes and blows this to shore, it could paint the Gulf Coast black.”
In recent weeks, BP has capped the leak and independent scientists have found that environment damage from the spill has been less than initially feared. (Simmons supported offshore oil drilling in 2008, but said Americans need to change their energy-consumption habits because even offshore sources wouldn’t produce enough oil to sustain world demand.)
Peak oil remains hotly contested and the information about reserves from less than forthcoming from such oil-rich nations as Saudi Arabia and Nigeria is incomplete, to say the least. Regardless, peak oil has lost one of its most eloquent adherents.
Senasational Claims By Matt Simmons About The BP Leak
By James Bianco - May 30th, 2010, 8:30AM
Matt Simmons gained fame with his book 2005 Twilight in the Desert where he claimed that the Saudis were overstating their oil output because they hit “peak oil.”
Right or wrong Simmons claimed the price of oil was going to skyrocket and three years after the book’s release the crude oil hit $147/Barrel.
In January 2009 the WSJ called Simmons one of the five most important voices in the oil industry.
Simmons has been wrong in the past and his views are non-conventional and often correct. Simmons is also highly connected within the oil industry so he knows who to talk to verify his claims.
I have no idea if Simmons is right or wrong but his latest claims, laid out in a Bloomberg TV interview Friday (May 28) appear to be nothing short of sensational.
Matt Simmons says “Top Kill” is a sideshow, misses the big problem of a second leak 5 to 7 miles away releasing up to 120,000 barrels/day. Simmons goes on to say we might need nukes to seal the leak.
Bloomberg:
Today Matt Simmons, one of the largest investment bankers in the energy industry appeared on Bloomberg. The chairman of Simmons & Co. INTL went on to explain that there is much more to the oil leak than the news has been reporting. Last Sunday, NOAA confirmed reports of a second fissure about 5-7 miles from the original. This new fissure appears to be releasing a plume the size of Delaware and Maryland combined! He went on to state that “the plume from the riser is minor thing… the best estimate is about 120,000 barrels of oil per day”.
Simmons is quoted as saying, “Obama could remove BP today… tell BP it is time to leave”. Some questions were also brought up that pertained to a nuclear device and how the military could lower one 18,000 feet into the well bore.
Simmons went on to say ” Such techniques have been used by the Russians on several different occasions”.
Matt Simmons “… From all of the best scientists who have thought about this in the past few days, probably the only thing we can do is create a weapons system and send it down 18,000 feet, detonate it and hopefully case in the oil.”
That we would even have discussions about setting of nuclear explosions in hope they would accomplish something is certainly not encouraging to say the least.
A day after scientists reported finding a huge “plume” of oil extending miles east of the leaking BP well, on Friday a Louisiana scientist said his crew had located another vast plume of oily globs, miles in the opposite direction.
James H. Cowan Jr., a professor at Louisiana State University, said his crew on Wednesday found a plume of oil in a section of the gulf 75 miles northwest of the source of the leak.
Cowan said that his crew sent a remotely controlled submarine into the water, and found it full of oily globules, from the size of a thumbnail to the size of a golf ball. Unlike the plume found east of the leak — in which the oil was so dissolved that contaminated water appeared clear — Cowan said the oil at this site was so thick that it covered the lights on the submarine.
“It almost looks like big wet snowflakes, but they’re brown and black and oily,” Cowan said. The submarine returned to the surface entirely black, he said.
Cowan said that the submarine traveled about 400 feet down, close to the sea floor, and found oil all the way down. Trying to find the edges of the plume, he said the submarine traveled miles from side to side.
“We really never found either end of it,” he said.
This discovery seems to confirm the fears of some scientists that — because of the depth of the leak and the heavy use of chemical “dispersants” — this spill was behaving differently than others. Instead of floating on top of the water, it may be moving beneath it.
Simmons went on the say scientist are now convinced the last majority of oil is below, and often well below, the surface. June 1 starts hurricane season and they worry that a hurricane coming aground in the Louisiana / Mississippi area could “push” all the below surface oil on the beaches and even inland.
Science in the Gulf — 20 Aug 2010 — Are researchers being shut out of gathering valuable data in the wake of the Gulf oil disaster? Linda Hooper-Bui, an ecologist in the Gulf, says that BP and the federal government are hindering independent research into the effects of the oil spill. Also part of the discussion is Cary Nelson, head of the American Association of University Professors.
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CounterSpin
Rick Steiner Vets the Oil Spill Happy-Talk — 13 Aug 2010 — Steiner discusses what the mainstream press have gotten right and wrong in talking about "the end of the leak."
Go to page | Download/Listen 8:32
QUICK FEED
PBS NewsHour, 11 Aug 2010
As They're Cleaning Up the Gulf Oil Spill, Where Do They Put the Trash and Gunk?
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Free Speech Radio News, 12 Aug 2010
BP Compensation Fund Draws on Future Offshore Drilling Profits
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NPR
Most Gulf Oil Is "Out Of Site"—But Not Out Of Mind — 06 Aug 2010 — The government and BP claim that "static kill" is working and that 3/4 of the spilled oil has "disappeared." Uncle Gov says things weren't so bad after all. Independent scientists aren't so sure.
Go to page | Download/Listen 8:59
Democracy Now
Jerry Cope: What BP and US Government Don't Want You to Know — 04 Aug 2010 — Environmental activist Jerry Cope has spent the last few weeks traveling along the Gulf Coast, examining the contamination in the air and water. Cope argues that instead of celebrating the alleged vanishing of the spilled oil, we should be concerned about the disappearance of marine life in the Gulf and the ongoing human health effects.
Watch | Download/Listen 17:35
QUICK FEED
Flashpoints, 04 Aug 2010
EPA Whistleblower Hugh Kauffman: Update on BP and Gov Obfuscations and Machinations
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NPR
By Hiring Gulf Scientists, BP May Be Buying Silence — 31 Jul 2010 — For months now, local scientists have been out on Gulf waters, advising the cleanup operation and measuring the damage. But there is growing concern that some of the best minds are being sidelined when they sign on as paid consultants to BP, which, by contract stipulation, gives BP the right to muzzle scientific findings.
Go to page | Download/Listen 4:53
Living On Earth
Gulf Oil and Gulf Restoration — 30 Jul 2010 — The road to recovery for the Gulf of Mexico starts with the wetlands. Conservationists and state officials say a long-term, large-scale plan to restore Louisiana's marshes is the way to heal the damage. But are all concerned ready to face the hard choices ahead?
Go to page | Download/Listen 6:20
TED
Carl Safina: What's It Oil About — Jul 2010 — Safina reports some astonishing observations from his flyover and on-site inspections of the Gulf region. He believes BP's massive use of dispersants has been done to hide the size of the spill; but their use has made the overall situation inestimably worse. He says the biological effects of the disaster will be "hemispheric." (The visuals are helpful but if you can't watch, the MP3 is still worth listening to. --GP)
Watch | Download/Listen 20:03
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Reference page for this interview at TED site
Earthbeat Radio
Gulf Coast Update + Whistleblowers Blast Carbon Offsets — 27 Jul 2010 — Three months into the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, people are seeing the face of unchecked corporate power and are beginning to ask what sort of lasting reforms can make a difference to make sure a disaster like this never happens again. ~~ Also in the show, Congress throws in the towel on cap and trade provisions in the climate and energy bill, while two EPA enforcement attorneys claim that the proposed federal carbon offsets contain "unfixable flaws and waste, fraud and abuse as dangerous as those that nearly brought down the financial system."
Go to page | Download/Listen 56:18
NPR / Morning Edition
Pricing Non-Human Cost Of BP Spill — 30 Jul 2010 — BP has spent more than $4 billion cleaning up the oil spill. But what about the non-human cost. How much should BP pay for dead and injured animals?
Go to page | Download/Listen 5:19
Living On Earth
NOAA Signed Off on Gulf Drilling Plans — 23 Jul 2010 — In 2007, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, charged with protecting marine life, approved the federal offshore drilling plans for the Gulf of Mexico that would lead to BP's disastrous oil spill. Some say NOAA cut corners.
Go to page | Download/Listen 7:09
Oil in the Air — 23 Jul 2010 — The oil in the Gulf isn't just poisoning the water. It's also poisoning the air. The EPA has been monitoring air quality along the Gulf coast widely since the spill began, but a local advocacy group, the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, says its data has gaps.
Go to page | Download/Listen 3:36
Coast To Coast
Oil-Eating Microbes and the Gulf
28 Jul 2010 — David Blume discusses the possibility of oil-eating microbes cleaning up the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.
Get full clip for this show at C2C
Download/listen to Blume clip on Gulf 7:33
Free Speech Radio News
Tribe Fights for Survival As BP Oil Spill Ravages Gulf Coast — 27 Jul 2010 — Like the rest of the Gulf Coast population, the United Houma Nation faces what could be an end to its sea-based way of life.
Go to page | Download/Listen 4:35
MUSICALLY SPEAKING...
Jim Williams
(musical artist)
"Black Blood"
Jim Williams does a nice acoustic song about oil in the water—and on the birds. Originally written during the oil spill in the Shetlands around 1990, it's still very relevant in this time of disaster in the Gulf.
Download/Listen 5:11
THE COREXIT COVERUP
HOW BAD ARE THE EFFECTS OF THE DISPERSANT IN THE GULF?
Democracy Now — 20 Jul 2010
Hugh Kaufman, a senior policy analyst at the EPA, says his agency and BP have covered up the dangers of the massive application of the oil dispersant Corexit. He says the primary reason for the heavy use of Corexit was to hide the true size of the spill and minimize the fines BP faced. He also traces the political connections of the owners of BP.
Go to page | Download/Listen 21:26
Free Speech Radio News
BP Halts Work on Well Due to Storm — 22 Jul 2010 — BP halted most of its work on the damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico today due to an approaching tropical storm. Clip includes brief updates on other aspects, including new regulations and air quality near the leak.
Go to page | Download/Listen 2:32
Democracy Now
Gulf News Headlines for Friday — 23 Jul 2010 — Cleanup and plugging operations suspended due to hurricane; criminal investigations launched involving BP and TransOcean employees; BP relying on prison labor to clean up spill.
Watch all headlines | Download/listen to Gulf-related segment 2:04
MATT SIMMONS
Bloomberg
Simmons: Cap Cannot Succeed — 21 Jul 2010 — Matt Simmons says the new cap is a distraction---it cannot work because it's not addressing the real problems.
Watch or Read Transcript (at ZeroHedge) | Download/Listen 7:04
King World News
Simmons: BP Has Lied From the Beginning — 17 Jul 2010 — Simmons recounts how he knew BP was lying about the Gulf oil leak right after it happened and how they have continued to mislead the government and the public. He says BP needs to be removed as the lead on the solutions team and they need to lose the PR platform the have via the mainstream media.
Go to page | Download/Listen 20:56
Coast To Coast
19 Jul 2010 — Mitch Battros: Gulf Update — Battros explains why he thinks that BP cap will not work, and more broadly, why there is no approach that will totally seal the leak. He also discusses the rumors of FEMA preparing for evacuations in the Gulf Coast area.
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Notes:
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(2) C2C pages: this show | latest shows
Uprising
Gulf Coast Clean Up Operations---A Second Disaster? — 21 Jul 2010 — Mike Parr of the American Bird Conservancy discusses a report that reveals the pitfalls of cleanup operations in the Gulf, especially when it comes to coastal bird habitat.
Go to page | Download/Listen 17:31
Living On Earth
The Need for Seaweed — 16 Jul 2010 — Sargassum seaweed is a critically important habitat for hundreds of marine species. The plant originates in the Gulf of Mexico and is carried by ocean currents to the Sargasso Sea off the East Coast. Scientists are concerned that oil in the Gulf is killing the sargassum and marine life with it.
Go to page | Download/Listen 6:25
NPR / Morning Edition
New Cap Stops Gulf Oil Leak, BUT... — 16 Jul 2010 — Tests are being conducted on a new cap that has been placed over the broken oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. Engineers want to make sure it can contain the geyser of crude. So far, no oil is spewing from the well. But a BP official is warning that the flow of oil could resume. (And after all the lies of the last three months, do we really believe the leak(s) are completely stopped? --GP)
Go to page | Download/Listen 3:30
NPR / All Things Considered
Louisiana Oil Industry Reacts To New Drilling Ban — 13 Jul 2010 — The Interior Department has announced a new, narrower moratorium on offshore drilling. A variety of perspectives are offered.
Go to page | Download/Listen 3:34
C-Realm Podcast
Technogenic Catastrophe — 14 Jul 2010 — KMO and Dmitry Orlov discuss whether the Gulf oil spill may turn out to be the "American Chernobyl." ~~ Also in the show, Orlov explains why working for reform of the current political establishment is not a credible or worthwhile activity, and why collapse is the optimistic scenario.
Go to page | Download/Listen 59:47
CATCHING UP ON...
GULF HEALTH & REPORTING
Democracy Now
Cleanup Worker Health Effects + Media Clampdown — 07 Ju1 2010 — People working to clean up the BP oil spill are getting sick. Merle Savage, a general foreman the Exxon Valdez cleanup, says this is not surprising—it happened 20 years ago too, and the health damage was permanent. ~~ A discussion of the BP and government clampdown on reporters and photographers trying to cover the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and on shore.
Watch | Download/Listen 18:06
Dmitry Orlov book:
Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Example and American Prospects
Coast To Coast
David Sereda: The Oil Spill and Toxic Rains — 12 Jul 2010 — Sereda evaluates the potential for problems with toxic air pollution and rainfall in the Gulf Coast region.
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The Real News Network
Is Any Deepwater Drilling Safe? — 10 Jul 2010 — Given the magnitude of the problem in the Gulf of Mexico, are we really proficient enough at deepwater drilling to allow it?
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NPR / All Things Considered
Skimming The Surface For New Tar In Louisiana — 14 Jul 2010 — Tar balls showed up in Lake Pontchartrain recently—a shock to local officials who were initially told they wouldn't be as vulnerable to the leaking oil as coastal areas closer to the Gulf. But almost three months after the oil started leaking, St. Tammany Parish finds itself on the front lines of cleanup efforts.
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Explorations / KPFA
Michio Kaku: The Science of the Leak — 06 Jul 2010 — Michio Kaku gives a Science review of the Gulf oil leak, discussing some of the physics involved. ~~ In the second part of the show, Peter Ward discusses the process of sea level rise, and the impact it will have on coastal cities, transportation systems, food production, and freshwater supplies.
Go to page | Download/Listen 59:49
Referenced book: (on Amazon.com)
The Flooded Earth: Our Future In a World Without Ice Caps
PBS NewsHour
Heavy Surf, High Winds Affect Cleanup as Weather Continues to Strike Gulf — 06 Jul 2010 — Many ships, including a new "super skimmer ship," were prevented from cleaning shorelines and oil slicks as rough conditions persisted this weekend in the Gulf of Mexico. Greg McCormack, director of the Petroleum Extension Service at the University of Texas, discusses the continuing efforts on the Gulf cleanup.
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NPR - All Things Considered
Bleak Holiday For Gulf Beach Towns — 05 Jul 2010 — What should have been a big weekend for businesses along the Gulf coast brought more bad news. The oil spill continues to cause profound economic damage to a number of industries, including those that depend on tourism.
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Fresh Air
How Endangered Species Are Faring In The Gulf — 30 Jun 2010 — Any species suffering from the Gulf oil disaster is a tragedy. If the species was already at low population numbers, which is the case with sea turtles, the effects are catastrophic.
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Living On Earth
Methane and the Health of the Gulf — 25 Jun 2010 — Along with oil, huge amounts of methane gas are flowing into the Gulf of Mexico from the destroyed BP well. What are the impacts on the Gulf?
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CATCHING UP ON...
B P POO
Freedom News Hour
BP's Unresolvable Conflict of Interest — 24 Jun 2010 — Petroleum geologist David Lincoln gives his analysis of the BP oil spill. He says BP has a fatal conflict of interest—between maximizing the cleanup effort vs. maximizing profits. He also thinks most of the worst-case scenarios are implausible. ~~ In the first part of the show, the hosts discuss how the New Orleans police appear to be taking orders from BP.
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Coast To Coast
The Gulf Disaster and Broader Environmental Issues — 25 Jun 2010 — Larry Schweiger, head of the National Wildlife Federation, reports his on-the-scene findings from the Gulf region and talks about broader environmental trends, including a review of the evidence for climate change.
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PBS NewsHour
Uncertainty Over Health Effects of Oil Cleanup Worry Some Along Gulf — 23 Jun 2010 — Some coastal residents and cleanup workers are concerned that the oil, gas, and chemicals from the Gulf disaster are affecting their health.
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Offshore Oil Drilling Moratorium's Aims, Effectiveness Debated — 22 Jun 2010 — The Obama administration vowed to appeal a federal judge's ruling, blocking the president's efforts to impose a six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling. We get two points of view on the environmental and economic consequences of halting oil exploration in the Gulf.
Watch | Download/Listen 11:28
Flashpoints
On-Scene Reports from the Gulf — 23 Jun 2010 — Two reports, from the Florida Keys and from New Orleans, where activists are confronting BP's wall of secrecy.
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Rense Radio
Clif High: Oil Volcano—An Ill Wind This Way Blows — 24 Jun 2010 — Three months ago, prior to the start of the Gulf oil disaster, the Web Bots predicted coming trouble in the oceans—an upwelling from the ocean floor, "ocean death," and a great increase in public awareness of the importance of ocean health. Clif discusses this "hit," the likelihood of toxic air pollution increasing, and many other issues related to the oil volcano and how things will play out in the future.
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Gary Null Show
Ruppert on the Oil Leak — 24 Jun 2010 — Mike Ruppert provides an analysis of the details of the oil leak(s), the BP and government cover-ups, and the hopelessness of the current strategies. He also talks about how the Gulf disaster fits into to the larger meme of peak oil and collapse. The first part of the show features health news.
Go to page | Download/Listen 1:02:26
Coast To Coast
Worst-Case Scenarios — 19 Jun 2010 — Scientist Peter Ward discusses a few worst-case scenarios for how the Gulf oil spill might play out over the foreseeable future. Oh-my-gods include lightning bolts igniting a methane cloud over Miami; and, in a wicked twist, oil turds making it all the way to the beaches of Britannia, BP's homeland.
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CATCHING UP ON...
THE SPIN ZONE
Veritas Radio (via Project Camelot)
Journalist James Fox Discusses Media Lockdown in Gulf — 13 Jun 2010 — These clips are is a bit dated at this point, but they serve as a reminder of the high degree of spin control that is being exerted on this story.
REF PAGE: Go to page
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#2 (13 Jun): Download/Listen 14:47
Radio EcoShock
Danger Deep in the Gulf — 25 Jun 2010 — Some are warning that the Gulf will explode into a tsunami, killing millions. Tea Partiers fear the Gulf spill will lead to forced evacuations and FEMA camps. Alex Smith examines why Americans are reaching a state of panic over the BP disaster, bringing things back down to reality with a couple of scientists.
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Fresh Air
The Science Behind Deep-Water Oil Drilling — 24 Jun 2010 — The BP disaster has raised questions about the oil industry's ability to manage the risks and challenges involved in drilling thousands of feet below the ocean floor. New York Times science reporter Henry Fountain explains how deep-water drilling is supposed to work—and what may have gone wrong in the Deepwater Horizon operation.
Go to page | Download/Listen 39:40
Living On Earth
Let the River Work — 18 Jun 2010 — Geologist Paul Kemp says increasing the volume of the Mississippi River flowing into the Gulf could help push back the oil from sensitive tidal areas.
Go to page | Download/Listen 5:13
The Ixtoc Precedent — 18 Jun 2010 — Even as the situation in the Gulf of Mexico worsens, some pundits have been saying that wildlife there will eventually recover just fine, citing the case of Ixtoc well that suffered a 3-million-barrel blowout 31 years ago. But a scientist who was studying the sea life at that time says not all the parallels may hold true.
Go to page | Download/Listen 6:42
Science Friday
Parallels Between Exxon Valdez and BP's Deepwater — 18 Jun 2010 — Alaskan journalist Charles Wohlforth, who covered the Exxon Valdez at the time and since, discusses the parallels that can be found between the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska and the current environmental crisis in the Gulf of Mexico.
Go to page | Download/Listen 17:58
Referenced books: (on Amazon.com)
The Fate of Nature: Rediscovering Our Ability to Rescue the Earth
Democracy Now
Hayward Grilled + Temporary Nationalization of BP — 18 Jun 2010 — (1) On Thursday, after hours of tough questioning before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, lawmakers accused BP CEO Tony Hayward of stonewalling. ~~ (2) Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton, says BP should be put under temporary receivership, which would allow the US to take over its operations until the spill is stopped.
Watch | Download/Listen 27:07
Bloomberg
Matt Simmons: 400-Meter Deep Oil Lake May Cover 40% of Gulf Floor — 15 Jun 2010 — Matt Simmons says the oil leak has created a 400-meter-deep "oil lake" that is spreading out on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico, covering up to 40% of it. He says the relief wells will not work. The situation is so disastrous, he thinks eventually the only realistic option will be to try to seal the leak(s) by melting the rock strata with nuclear devices.
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Russia Today / The Keiser Report
Mike Ruppert: Gulf Oil Disaster the Trigger Event for Collapse? — 15 Jun 2010 — Mike Ruppert talks about the Gulf Oil disaster in the context of peak oil and as a possible trigger event for overall collapse happening sooner rather than later. ~~ Max and Stacy also discuss the "Seize BP" campaign and how the big money players are flip-flopping on inflation-deflation.
Go to page | Download/Listen 26:43
Referenced DVD: (on Amazon.com)
Collapse
CounterSpin
Gulf Disaster Really a Hazardous-Waste Situation — 18 Jun 2010 — After C-Spin's weekly unwinding of journalistic hoo-hah, Riki Ott and Tim Dickinson provide on-the-scene reporting on cleanup efforts in the Gulf and BP's bizarre behavior.
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KunstlerCast
Deep Water Horizon and the Campaign to Sustain the Unsustainable — 17 Jun 2010 — JHK examines the tragic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the fog of incomplete information that surrounds it. Kunstler sees this incident as further proof that the peak oil story is real—to feed the oil beast, we're now taking on projects that present high levels of risk. But will the disaster force America to rethink its lifestyle and the campaign to sustain the unsustainable?
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Radio EcoShock
Dark Conspiracies of the Gulf — 18 Jun 2010 — Along with oil and methane pouring out of the Gulf gusher, rumors, myths, and assertions of Conspiracy are permeating the issue. Alex Smith investigates. Is it possible this leak can never be contained? Plus Stanford Research's Jack Alpert explains "time blindness"—why many of us can't mentally process big problems like peak oil and climate change.
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Living On Earth
Scientists Stymied by Lack of Samples — 11 Jun 2010 — More than a million gallons of chemical dispersants have been dumped into the Gulf of Mexico in an attempt to respond to the BP oil disaster. Yet scientists say they got stonewalled when they asked the manufacturer for samples so they could run tests to determine if its dispersants are helping or hurting the fragile environment.
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GoldRadio.fm
John Rubino: Deepwater Politics — 17 Jun 2010 — John Rubino discusses the politics of the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and how it will play into broader agendas.
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Flashpoints
"Stanley the Fixer" Pops Up at BP + Reports on Gulf Oil Impact — 18 Jun 2010 — After headlines... ~~ (1) Catherine Austin Fitts discusses judge Stanley Sporkin, who has held various positions in dark-agenda operations of The Powers That Be. Hey, look who's at BP now! ~~ (2) Reports on cleanup efforts in the Gulf and the cultural devastation that BP's oil gusher has unleashed on Gulf communities.
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Coast To Coast
Lindsey Williams: Insider Info on Gulf Oil Crisis — 13 Jun 2010 — Williams provides information on the Gulf disaster he claims was given to him by sources deep inside the petroleum industry. The news is not good. ((Williams seems sincere, though it's fair to ask if he's being duped into serving as a mouthpiece for TPTB propaganda. That said, this is still fascinating stuff. --GP)
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NPR
New Orleans Oyster Processor Runs Out Of Oysters — 11 Jun 2010 — The fallout from the BP oil spill continues to ripple through the Gulf economy. This week, P&J Oyster Co. in New Orleans—the oldest continuously operating oyster processor in America—announced it has no oysters to process.
Go to page | Download/Listen 4:15
As Oil Moves East, Anger Rises — 10 Jun 2010 — Oil has slinked into the inland waters of Perdido Bay, a body of water on the Alabama-Florida state line. There weren't enough skimmers or boom to corral the brown, gloppy goo. This has infuriated local officials who knew this was coming, and they blame BP and the federal government for not doing more to prevent it. As the oil from the spill has moved east, it's been a familiar story.
Go to page | Download/Listen 5:07
Sea Turtles Among Oil Spill Victims — 10 Jun 2010 — Sea turtles are among the wildlife victims of the Gulf oil spill. Now, a group of rescuers is trying to save the endangered reptiles.
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Democracy Now
NASA Scientist: Leak Could Be 100,00 Barrels/Day — 09 Jun 2010 — Ira Leifer, part of a NASA investigative team, provides a scientist's perspective on BP's dishonest information campaign on the size of the oil leak, the problem with the "bomb it" solution, and approaches to better preventing future disasters.
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Years of Internal BP Probes Warned that Neglect Could Lead to Accidents — 09 Jun 2010 — The investigative news organization ProPublica is reporting a series of internal BP investigations over the past decade warned senior BP managers that the oil company repeatedly disregarded safety and environmental rules and risked a serious accident if it did not change its ways.
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MSNBC / Dylan Ratigan Show
Matt Simmons: Horrible Choices — 07 Jun 2010 — Energy expert Matt Simmons says we basically have two options to address the Gulf oil leak: Let the well run dry (taking up to 30 years and probably destroying the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean) or nuking the well (hoping to melt the rock and seal the holes). If we decide against those horrible choices, the best move would be to use supertankers to suck up as much oil as possible ahead of hurricane season, when the oil will be picked up and will paint the Gulf Coast black.
Watch | Download/Listen 6:28
GoldRadio FM
Gulf Area Real Estate—Kiss Of Death? — 04 Jun 2010 — Bob Campbell explains why the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is likely to hammer real estate values in the region.
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Living On Earth
Eureka, They Found It—Unfortunately — 04 Jun 2010 — LSU researcher James Cowan talks about the globules of oil permeating the sub-surface Gulf and why the use of dispersants was a terrible mistake that will lead to huge dead zones.
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Radio EcoShock
Paint It Black — Oil Activism — 04 Jun 2010 — Round up of anti-BP protests in US ~~ Offshore drilling halted in US and Canada ~~ Ideas and songs for your activism ~~ Funny speech by The Yes Men ~~ Andy Bichlbaum on media activism and punking the US Chamber of Commerce, Exxon/Mobile, the Canadian government, and Copenhagen
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ABC News
BP and Feds Withheld Videos Showing Massive Scope of Oil Spill — 03 Jun 2010 — New videos show how BP, with little resistance from the Coast Guard or other federal agencies, kept the public in the dark about just how bad things were beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico.
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PBS NewsHour
BP's 'Cut and Cap' Attempt Moves Forward — 03 Jun 2010 — BP made new progress on the Gulf oil spill Thursday as undersea robots managed to cut the main pipe on a damaged wellhead, which may allow engineers to cap the gusher.
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Jane Lubchenco on Prognosis — 02 Jun 2010 — A report on the saw that got stuck during attempts to remove a damaged pipe; plus NOAA head Jane Lubchenco gives her take on what recent setbacks mean for stopping the flow.
Watch | Download/Listen 12:20
Louisiana's Oyster Industry Crippled by Oil Spill — 02 Jun 2010 — A report on how one Louisiana parish is coping with the oil spill and the growing threat to its oyster industry.
Watch | Download/Listen 5:34
Flashpoints
Catherine Austin-Fitts on Broader Economic Impact — 03 Jun 2010 — Fitts says the likely level of economic impact of the Gulf oil leak across the southeast and eastern US states has yet to be fully appreciated.
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Democracy Now
Shrimper Dean Blanchard on Local Impact and Politics — 02 Jun 2010 — Dean Blanchard, owner of one of the largest shrimp businesses in southern Louisiana, gives the local perspective on the oil leak and the history of both oil operations and seafood businesses in the Gulf region.
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C-Realm Podcast
Mycoremediation—Mycelium Running ... on Oil-Soaked Beaches — 02 Jun 2010 — Frank Aragona discusses the potential for using specialized mushrooms to help remediate the coastal damage in the Gulf states. ~~ Also in this clip, a discussion of the potential for big agriculture—which is highly dependent on debt, fossil fuels, and chemical inputs—to collapse. If that happens, what will fill the food void?
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Financial Sense NewsHour
Matt Simmons on Just How Serious the Gulf Leak Is — 29 May 2010 — Simmons gives an insider's perspective on the multiple oil leaks in the Gulf of Mexico, efforts to solve the issue (including bombing the area), as well as what it means now and how it could impact the future.
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PBS NewsHour
Status Overview — 27 May 2010 — Obama extends drilling moratorium, defends administration's spill response; Gulf oil disaster surpasses the Exxon Valdez spill
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Crews Scramble to Protect Louisiana Wildlife from Oil Leakage — 26 May 2010 — A report on the implications for the wildlife along Louisiana's fragile coast and the attempts to protect the ecosystem from heavier oil.
Watch | Download/Listen 5:03
Heavier Oil Flow Threatens Louisiana's Sensitive Barrier Islands — 25 May 2010 — A report from Louisiana, where the oil has begun to damage delicate barrier island ecosystems.
Watch | Download/Listen 10:19
Democracy Now
Oil Cleanup Crew Falls Ill + Carl Safina on the BP Oil Spill's Global Impact — 27 May 2010 — At least seven fishermen involved in oil cleanup were hospitalized after reporting nausea, dizziness, headaches and chest pains. As a precautionary measure, the Coast Guard ordered all 125 commercial ships helping with the cleanup to return to land. ~~ (2) Renowned marine biologist Carl Safina discusses the BP oil spill's ecological impact on the Gulf Coast and worldwide.
Watch 1 | Watch 2 | Download/Listen 38:59
Flashpoints
Obfuscation and Devastation — 26 May 2010 — (1) An update on the maneuvering and obfuscations of BP and the various government agencies releasing information to the public about the oil spill. (2) Catherine Austin Fitts thinks the coming economic impact of the Gulf disaster will far exceed current projections. She also comments on the Wall Street banks, who are now fighting over the carcass of the bailout money.
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NPR / All Things Considered
The Economics Of Deepwater Horizon — 27 May 2010 — Peter Coy of Bloomberg BusinessWeek magazine discusses the financial aspects of BP's now infamous Gulf oil project.
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Sniffing Out Oil-Tainted Seafood — 26 May 2010 — How do the pros sniff out oil-contaminated seafood?
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Senate Looks Into Oil Company Liability Cap — 25 May 2010 — A Senate panel looking into liability issues arising from the Gulf oil spill has turned its attention to a liability cap that some lawmakers worry might be used by BP to get out of paying the full cost of the cleanup and damages.
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NPR / Talk of the Nation
The Miracle-Mineral-Supplement —Sex and Drugs and Rock & Roll ... and Oil Leases — 25 May 2010 — An Interior Department IG report describes the inappropriate behavior and lax approach of federal regulators overseeing offshore drilling during the 2000s.
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NPR
BP's Oil Spill Estimates Improbable ... and Other Stories — 20-21 May 2010
(1) An independent scientist says there may be as much as 100,00 barrels per day flowing out of the broken oil well. (2) Politicians, locals, and experts are of mixed minds on a Louisiana plan to create a sandbar as a barrier to the approaching oil. (3) The oil disaster has shed a harsh light on the Minerals Management Service's foibles and cozy relationship with the oil industry. (4) A Mississippi tour boat captain has put his oil-soaked frustrations to song.
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PBS NewsHour
Updates on the Gulf Oil Spill — 18-19 May 2010 — (1) U.S. in talks with Cuba over containing oil leak ~~ (2) Fisheries hit by spreading oil and contamination-related closures in Gulf ~~ (3) Tar balls raise concerns for Florida coastline, Atlantic Ocean
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One Radio Network
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Andrew Gause: Halliburton's Amazing Coincidence — 15 May 2010 — Gause explains how the $1 trillion EU bailout is being partially funded by the US via the federal reserve. He also comments on the interesting coincidence that one week before the oil catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, ultra-connected Halliburton bought one of the world's most prominent oil-disaster response firms. Hmmm....
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Living On Earth
Deepwater Horizon - Deep Doodoo — 14 May 2010 — In clip one, huge amounts of chemical dispersants are being used to break up the Gulf oil leak/spill/slick, despite limited knowledge about their ecological effects. In the second clip, scientists explain the value of the ecosystem services that are now at risk because of the underwater oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico.
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CLIP 2: Go to page | Download/Listen 5:57
Oil Spill in Loop Current + Criminal Investigation — 21 May 2010 — (1) As the BP oil spill enters the Loop Current, researchers along the coast are bracing for the impact upon wildlife and ecosystems. (2) U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer is calling for a criminal investigation into BP's handling of the Gulf oil disaster.
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EarthBeat Radio
As Gulf Oil Disaster Continues, More Drilling Moves Forward — 18 May 2010 — Jackie Savitz of Oceana discusses Senate plans to support even more offshore drilling ~~ Elinor Ostrom talks about the economics of protecting the environment by focusing on "the commons"
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LATOC/UStream/CollapseNet
Mike Ruppert: LATOC Q & A — 10 May 2010 — Will it be China's faltering economy that finally ignites a global financial blow-up? Or maybe it will be the fallout from the Gulf oil leak or the still-gurgling pool of toxic derivatives. Ruppert also discusses... the advisability of home gardens and seed saving; the return of the robber barons; the unlikelihood of martial law in the US, in spite of the likelihood of increasing civil violence and gang activity; why the never-ending-growth paradigm must die.
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NPR
Gulf Oil Spill: In Depth — 12-13 May 2010 — Four stories... (1) The difficulties of measuring the oil spill ~~ (2) How defects may have contributed to oil spill ~~ (3) Despair is grouwing among those living in the Gulf region ~~ (4) But one reporter says the impacts may not be catastrophic
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Democracy Now -- THE OIL SPILL CRISIS
Containment Operation Continues + Government Exempted BP from Environmental Review — 07 May 2010 — Clip 1 has headlines on the oil-spill containment efforts and impact on the Gulf. Clip 2 discusses the newly-released documents that show government regulators exempted BP from a comprehensive environmental review of the now-leaking project.
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BP Better on Lobbying Than Safety — 05 May 2010 — Tyson Slocum of Public Citizen discusses BP's safety record—the worst of any oil company operating in America. Antonia Juhasz, author of The Tyranny of Oil, joins in to talk about how BP uses millions of dollars in lobbying money to influence regulations and re-brand its image.
Watch | Download/Listen 39:20
History of BP Includes Role in 1953 Iran Coup After Nationalization of Oil — 06 May 2010 — Oil company interests have long been aligned with those of The Powers That Be and their empires. Sixty years ago, BP had a role in the 1953 CIA coup against Iran's popular progressive Prime Minister Mohamed Mossadegh. Access to Iran's oil was part of the beef.
Watch | Download/Listen 3:37
Referenced books: (on Amazon.com)
-- All the Shah's Men
-- The Tyranny of Oil
Radio EcoShock
From the Deepwater Horizon — A Gulf Oil Spill Special — 07 May 2010 — Riki Ott, a marine biologist, fisherwoman, and spill expert, reports from New Orleans. ~~ Peak Oil guru Richard Heinberg talks about big-picture implications. ~~ Former Shell Oil executive Anita Burke gives the inside track.
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PBS NewsHour
In Gulf of Mexico, Oil Containment Device Poised to Help Slow Leak — 06 May 2010 — A series of officials, mostly from the US government and industry, give the official view of the situation and the effort to cap the leak.
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Prison Radio / Mumia Abu-Jamal
Oil on the Waters — 04 May 2010
...OR... Be outraged, forget, repeat.
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NPR
Louisiana's Gulf Coast Braces For Oil's Arrival — 30 Apr 2010 — Oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico is very close to the coastline of Louisiana. The US Coast Guard and other emergency responders are gathering in five areas along the Gulf Coast to try to protect land and wildlife.
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Why It's So Tough To Stop The Gulf Oil Leak — 29 Apr 2010 — More than a week after an explosion destroyed an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers, 200,000 gallons of oil continue to flow into the Gulf each day. The spill will soon hit the coastline. David Biello, associate editor of energy and environment at Scientific American, explains the origins of the of the oil leak, puts the size of the spill in historical context, and talks about the tools available to clean it up.
Go to page | Download/Listen 17:04
The Oil Spill and Coastal Wildlife — 30 Apr 2010 — Melanie Driscoll of the Louisiana Coastal Initiative, an environmental group, talks about the potential impact the Gulf oil spill could have on birds in the region.
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CNBC
Puru Saxena: $300/Barrel Oil — 25 Apr 2010 — Puru Saxena gives a great 5-minute overview of peak oil as he explains why he thinks the price of oil will hit $300/barrel in a few years. He says there is no question that 10 years from now we are going to be using a lot less oil than we do today.
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Matt Simmons, Founder, Simmons And Company International
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MATT SIMMONS, FOUNDER OF SIMMONS AND COMPANY INTERNATIONAL, TALKS TO MARK CRUMPTON AND LORI ROTHMAN ABOUT BIGGER PROBLEMS FOR BP
MAY 28, 2010
SPEAKERS: MATT SIMMONS, FOUNDER, SIMMONS AND COMPANY INTERNATIONAL MARK CRUMPTON, BLOOMBERG NEWS LORI ROTHMAN, BLOOMBERG NEWS
12:05
MARK CRUMPTON, BLOOMBERG NEWS: One oil industry veteran says BP may have bigger problems and even larger leaks several miles away. Matt Simmons, founder and chairman emeritus of Simmons and Company International, it's one of the largest investment banking practices serving the energy.
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Matt joins us now on the phone from Houston. Matt, welcome back to Bloomberg News. Always good to have you on.
MATT SIMMONS, FOUNDER, SIMMONS AND COMPANY INTERNATIONAL: Thank you. What a tragic story.
CRUMPTON: Yes it is. And tell us about this other side of the story that we're hearing about maybe even another ancillary spill. What's going on?
SIMMONS: No, if the facts that are starting to come out are right, the ancillary leak is what the riser is all about. That's a minor thing.
CRUMPTON: Okay, so talk to me, then, about what we're seeing. We've been showing -
SIMMONS: A week ago last Sunday, the first research vessel from the National Underwater Laboratory was commissioned by NOAA and scouted the area.
And what they found, to their astonishment, was about - I think somewhere between five and seven miles away from where the riser is, was a gigantic plume growing. And it's now basically spread apparently to be a larger area than Delaware and Maryland.
And that would appear to be the stuff we're finally seeing coming onto the shore - this really sticky, orange brown stuff.
So what the plumes that are coming out of the risers were minor. And the only logical conclusion anyone can draw from this is the best estimates, just measuring the spread of this oil life, is about 3,500 to 4,000 feet underwater, is that it's probably flowing at the rate of 120,000 barrels a day.
LORI ROTHMAN, BLOOMBERG NEWS: Sow what is the status, then, that of the top kill, the so called junk shot that BP -
SIMMONS: It doesn't matter.
ROTHMAN: It doesn't matter? So then what's the solution? What do you need to see done here to contain this disaster?
SIMMONS: Well what we need to do first of all, in my opinion, is tell BP that it's time for them to leave, and bring the military in. And the military can work with the contractors, and the contractors will be far more relieved, because they'll listen to them.
The second thing we need to do is get probes down to figure out where this plume is coming from, and is that an open hole. Did the well head blow out?
And then third, how do we actually stop that flow? And from all of the best scientists that have thought about this in the last few days, probably the only thing we can do is create a weapon system and send it down 18,000 feet and detonate it, and hopefully case in the oil.
CRUMPTON: Matt, is that something that you believe is being contemplated at this time?
SIMMONS: No, unfortunately I don't think it is, because BP is still totally in charge of the news, and they have everyone focused on the top kill.
ROTHMAN: So what needs to happen for the government to officially remove BP from this containment effort?
SIMMONS: President Obama could do it today.
ROTHMAN: He could do it today? It's as simple as that?
SIMMONS: Sure.
ROTHMAN: And then you're talking about using weaponry. Won't that have - the collateral damage risk, that would have to be substantial. Explain to me how that would work and protect citizens.
SIMMONS: Several times in the last 30 years, the Russians had huge blowouts. And from our best reports, they actually figured out how to insert small nuclear bombs way down into the well bore.
If you're 18,000 feet under the seabed, that basically wouldn't do anything. Hopefully it will seal in the well.
And the second thing we need to do is recognize that there is a giant ocean - lake of this very gooey oil that's about 4,000 feet underwater. And that's where we need to send in the supertankers and basically start sucking them into the supertankers before the hurricanes arrive.
CRUMPTON: Alright, Matt, we're going to have to leave it there. Matt Simmons, founder, chairman emeritus of Simmons and Company joining us on the phone from Houston. Matt, thank you so much.
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Opinion: BP oil disaster has huge repercussions
A conversation with Big Oil’s Cassandra, Matt Simmons
By HDS Greenway - GlobalPost
Published: July 10, 2010 10:09 ET in Worldview
A beach goer walks on the beach where oil is seen in the water as it washes ashore from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on June 26, 2010 in Orange Beach, Alabama.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
ROCKPORT, Maine — The international repercussions from the BP oil disaster can only be guessed at today.
Will the oil stay in the Gulf of Mexico? Or will it circulate out into the Atlantic to be borne by the Gulf Stream to contaminate foreign shores? How much oil is yet to escape into the oceans? And how will it affect the world’s economy?
Bermuda, a self-governing British dependency, has already sent people to Washington to discuss the possible ramifications. Tourism, second only to insurance in Bermuda’s economy, stands to suffer if its pristine beaches are defiled.
Canada’s Prince Edward Island is enquiring whether its 300 licensed tuna fishermen will be affected if the tuna’s spawning grounds in the gulf are destroyed. The province is reportedly contacting BP for potential help.
And then there is BP itself, which may not be too big to fail if too many demands are put upon it. A bankrupt BP would send shocks through financial markets all over the world. Already pension funds in Europe and America are suffering the effects of the oil spill because BP, under pressure from the Obama administration, has cancelled its dividend.
One optimist when it comes to containing the oil in the Gulf of Mexico is former investment banker to the petroleum industry and energy expert Mathew Simmons. He said most of the oil is too heavy to be swept out of the gulf on looping currents. Therefore he thinks Bermuda has little to worry about.
But that is the only aspect of the BP disaster that Simmons is optimistic about. One of the industry’s world class pessimists, Simmons caused controversy with his book, “Twilight in the Desert,” which posits that Saudi Arabia’s oil reserves are about to dry up. As a result Simmons is now in the forefront of exploring new sources of energy.
I sat with him for an hour on his porch looking out over the Penobscot Bay the other day, and the picture he painted of the current disaster was enough to make my notebook curl up at the edges.
According to Simmons, BP has been lying to us all along, perpetuating one of the biggest cover-ups in history: “The Watergate of the environment.” From the very beginning BP presented the disaster as a rig fire, while all along “it was the Gulf of Mexico that was on fire, ” according to Simmons. The real problem, he fears, is not the damaged under-water well head, but a crack in the ocean floor some miles from the rig disaster which is gushing unchecked. Simmons believes we should seize all of BP’s assets in America, “just the way we did with Iran.”
Oil industry insider Matt Simmons blew the whistle on the made-for-TV
capping of the so-called oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday, July
15, during an interview on KPFK radio, the NPR station in Los Angeles.
Simmons, former energy adviser to the second President Bush, explained
that according to his reading of the data from NOAA, the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, capping of the so-called riser
and the subsequent announcement by U.S. President Obama was "the
biggest con job we've ever seen."
Simmons, creator of an investment bank catering to oil companies, told
radio host Ian Masters that the real problem continuing to gush oil
into the Gulf was not the 6-inch "riser" that apparently has been
capped amid much TV hoopla, but that an open hole or cauldron perhaps
up to 10 miles distant from where British Petroleum's cameras are
focused which continues to spew 120,000 BARRELS per day, and that BP's
much publicized effort to drill relief wells in what the company says
is an effort to stop the flow of oil is nothing but a cynical
publicity stunt.
"The dimensions of this lie are beyond belief," said Simmons,
explaining that the idea of a relief well is "tricky at best," since
trying to hit a pipe of less than a foot in diameter 35,000 feet below
the surface of the Gulf may be entirely futile because the casing of
the original pipe is not even there, having blown away at some point.
But Simmons noted that both BP and Obama continue to deny that this
open hole, or cauldron, even exists, even though Simmons and others
insist the NOAA data from satellites prove by speed of flow and depth
of light that the amount of oil that has been flowing through the
on-camera riser could not possibly account for the amount of oil that
has spilled into the Gulf.
"The riser is totally irrelevant," Simmons stressed, adding "and
there's no way to cap the open hole." He explained that BP continues
to deny the open hole exists and theorizes the continuing flow of oil
into the Gulf is really just the residue from what has already been
spilled during the first 90 days of the disaster.
"There is denial that there's even a problem," Simmons said. "In about
a month or two people will realize that this actually was the biggest
con job we've ever seen."
Simmons also noted an additional danger. "What the researchers now
believe is that basically is that between 4000 and 4500 below the
ocean floor lies an oil lake that's somewhere between 100 and 120
miles wide and it's about 4500 feet deep. It's this toxic waste and
crude and it's releasing methane gases that are absolutely lethal
which is why all the fish and dolphins and sharks and whales are
dying. And workers too, which is why so many have gotten sick, or
maybe really sick.
"The health problems are so serious," Simmons said. "When you inhale
methane you just die."
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