GULF OIL DISASTER
Scientists link oil on dolphins to BP spill
OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING
Government shutdown would halt onshore — not offshore — permitting
Rachel Maddow Interviews Director Michael Bromwich of BOEMRE
Offshore Drilling, Onshore Spilling (Skytruth)
"Yesterday, BOEMRE awarded the 9th deepwater drilling permit since the BP / Deepwater Horizon spill to Murphy Oil Corporation to resume work on a well in the Green Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico. If the name sounds familiar, it should: in 2005 a Murphy oil storage tank damaged by hurricane Katrina spilled one million gallons of crude oil into a residential neighborhood in Chalmette, Louisiana; the biggest single spill of the 9 million gallons estimated by the US Coast Guard that spilled from storm-damaged facilities onshore and offshore. [...] Folks in Virginia might want to think about that as their politicians lead the charge to expand offshore drilling in US waters."
ALTERNATIVES TO OIL
