BP Slick Covers Dolphins and Whales

On July 4th, I will think of these fish and plants of the sea that are being destroyed.  I will mourn while the parade goes by.

Keith Olbermann: Tony Hayward, BP CEO, Speaks

"This is not our accident." "I would like my life back." These are comments Tony Hayward has said in the last few weeks since the horrendous blowout in the Gulf of Mexico last month. This video speaks for itself.

New Yorker Cover: "Five weeks later..."

"Five weeks later..."

A picture is worth a thousand words.  Barry Blitt's New Yorker cover this week is a powerful response to the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.  Blitt, whose work appears regularly in the magazine, will publish "The Adventures of Mark Twain by Huckleberry Finn," an illustrated children's book, next year.

Check out the New Yorker here.

BP: Billionaire Polluter

Democracy Now!’s Anjali Kamat visits the town of Phoenix, Louisiana on the east bank of Plaquemines Parish, an area that was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. She speaks to Reverend Tyronne Edwards, a pastor and longtime community activist who spearheaded efforts to rebuild the largely African American fishing community after Katrina. In the aftermath of the BP oil spill disaster, Rev. Edwards is at the forefront of getting Washington, DC to pay attention to the needs of his community, whom he calls the "forgotten people" of Plaquemines Parish.

Read Amy Goodman's Truthdig article here.

Less than a week after British Petroleum's Deepwater Horizon drilling platform expploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and unleashing what could be the worst industrial environmental disaster in U. S. history, the company announced more than $6 billion in profits for the first quarter of 2010, more than doubling profits from the same period the year before.

Amy Goodman is the host of "Democracy Now!,"  a daily international TV/radio news hour airing on more than 800 stations in North America. She is the author of "Breaking the Sound Barrier," recently released in paperback and now a New York Times best-seller.

Rachel Maddow Reports on the Gulf Oil Disaster: Deja Vu All Over Again?

Has the oil and gas industry made any improvements in the last 30 years? Yes, says Rachel Maddow, they have! They have improved their profit capabilities, making more money than any other industry in the history of the planet, and they have figured out how to drill deeper and deeper. Any advancements in disaster control or safety techniques?  No. That part hasn't been figured out yet. Isn't it too late now for the Gulf of Mexico, the people, the wildlife, the economies of many communities, the livelihoods of thousands of people, all the ecosystems impacted? Isn't it too late? I think it probably is.