Oil Workers Still Not Wearing Respirators

During a national press conference this afternoon, David Michaels of OSHA said spill clean-up workers are still not being advised to use respirators. “We are…

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Mack smacks blog

Councilmember and “Strong Mayor” wannabe Diane Mack is upset with me challenging the City of Pensacola’s response to the BP Oil Disaster. From her latest…

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A photo says more than words

A reader shot this yesterday at sunset on Pensacola Beach:

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Report from Ft. Pickens

Bad news folks. This morning the first “tar balls” started landing on Pensacola Beach. This stuff is really more like blobs of chocolate mousse than…

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This makes me want to throw up

The Daily Beast has this slideshow of the wildlife hurt by this BP disaster. I got nauseous viewing them. View here.

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Open Thread: Tell us your BP disaster stories

We want to hear your stories. I will relax the rules and let you be unnamed. However, stay on subject. We want stories about claim…

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Oil Hits Keys

It appears that the BP spill has spread into the Florida Keys. The Keys News reports an oil sheen off of Duck Key. http://keysnews.com/node/23801

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BP Pleasure Fleet, another internet success

The Daily Beast article on BP’s mishandling of the Vessels of Opportunity program is one of the most popular on the site. Over 500 people…

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Buzz: Obama may be coming

My sources tell me that an advance team from the Secret Service was on Pensacola Beach yesterday. The buzz is that President Barack Obama may…

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Mother Jones: Elmer’s Island Wildlife Refuge cover-up

British Petroleum has blocked the media from seeing the damage their crude oil has done to that he 1,700-acre home to fish, shrimp, and crab…

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BP does damage control on impact to wildlife

One of the most frustrating aspects of covering the BP oil disaster is getting accurate numbers on the marine and wildlife killed by the 21…

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Meek: “Leadership isn’t being in Pensacola to see the first drop of oil.”

I spoke yesterday with Congressman Kendrick Meek, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate. Meek was in New York City and had just finished an interview on…

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