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The 7 Stupidest Statements Made About the BP Gulf Oil Spill

Photo via the Telegraph The BP oil spill is on par to outpace the Exxon Valdez oil spill in terms of size, impact, and devastation, which is no small feat. The Valdez spill cost billions of dollars to clean up, killed hundreds of thousands of animals, and registered a debilitating effect to the coastal ecosystem. And yet, we see, once again, that there’s no shortage of people who seem to forget easily, or are downright ignorant of the catastrophe an oil spill of this magnitude presents. To illustrate, I bring you the 7 stupidest things said about the BP oil spill so far . . …. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The 7 Stupidest Statements Made About the BP Gulf Oil Spill

Blackwater’s PR Guy Has a Few Words of Advice For BP [Public Relations]

Nobody knows exactly how big this oil spill is, but one thing is certain: BP’s public relations effort has been disastrous. Even the PR guy for Xe Services , the mercenary company formerly known as Blackwater, thinks BP has bungled it. More

BP Oil Spill In Exxon Valdez Units

We're measuring this oil spill week by week in units of Exxon Valdez. It will lend some context to the sheer scale of the damage that BP, Transocean, and Halliburton have done to America. View

Obama Says that BP is Responsible and BP will Pay the Bill

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexica, if unchecked, could eclipse the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster as the worst in US history. http://renovomedia.com/news/obama-says-that-bp-is-responsible-and-bp-will-pay-th… added by: jimhager

Rush Limbaugh: Oil Spill Was Deliberate Act By Environmentalists [Conspiracies]

Oh, Rush. While everyone is focused on the environmental and economic impact of the oil rig explosion and subsequent spill, Limbaugh has his own theory: the rig was blown up by “hardcore environmentalist wackos.” More