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Science

BP Oil Spill Aftermath: Eyeless Shrimp, Clawless Crabs

Al Jazeera just published an astonishing report on the after-effects of the BP oil disaster, and it’s not pretty. There are an alarming number of deformities in sea creatures: mutated shrimp, fish with sores and lesions, eyeless crabs and more. It’s unlike anything local fisherman have ever seen.

19 July 2011

News

BP Has Another Spill On Its Hands

Seriously? BP admitted today that a pipeline leak on Saturday resulted in “2100 to 4200 gallons” of oil being spilled onto the Alaskan tundra. After last year’s five million barrels spilt, can they really afford even small screw-ups? [Yahoo News]

28 April 2011

News

Trump Offered Obama BP Spill Fix And A Ballroom

Donald Trump. Just a normal man with a normal ego. An ego so mild that he casually asked to be put in charge of BP repair operations. When he was turned down, he offered to build Obama a ballroom. Hoookay!

21 April 2011

News

Gulf Spill Round Up

One year on, we take a look at the technologies used to combat the worst oil spill in US history.

Science

The Cost Of The BP Disaster, One Year Later

Exactly a year ago, the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank to the bottom of the ocean, beginning the slow underwater seep of five million barrels of oil. Today, the Gulf is better – but the disaster’s damage remains.

30 March 2011

News

BP Employee Lost Laptop Containing Personal Data Of Oil Spill Victims

Uh oh! During some “routine business travel,” a BP employee managed to lose a laptop which contains the personal data of the thousands of Louisiana residents who filed compensation claims after the Gulf oil spill:

26 January 2011

News

BP CEO Thinks Last Year Was Almost The Company’s Best

Ah man, don’t you hate those days where everything goes totally right except for when you, I dunno, step in a puddle? BP CEO Bob Dudley feels like that about BP in 2010, except his “puddle” was an environmental armageddon.

22 December 2010

Cars

Chevrolet Volt Car Will Use Recycled Oil Booms From BP Disaster

What to do with all those leftover oil booms that BP used to mop up its oil? If you’re a car manufacturer, you could recycle all of the oil-slicked plastic tubes into new Chevrolet Volts.

13 December 2010

Online

Over 25 Billion Tweets Sent In 2010, iPad Was Top Tech Subject

The year is only just grinding to a halt, but Twitter’s already released its list of the top subjects tweeted about in 2010. Of the 25 billion tweets published, BP’s Gulf oil spill disaster was the most tweeted-about term.

5 December 2010

BP Planning To Challenge Oil Spill Estimates To Reduce Their Fine

Sometimes we all have to to own up to our mistakes and serve the time. But not the classy folks at BP! According to the NY Times, BP will challenge estimates of the oil spilled in order to reduce their fine.

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