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I was outraged when I read this. We need to stop this by contacting all our Representatives, Senators, Governors, etc... and tell them we will not accept their greedy and uncaring attitude any longer. It is time we take a stand

 

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By HARRY R. WEBER and JOHN CURRAN, Associated Press Writers Harry R. Weber And John Curran, Associated Press Writers – 1 hr 2 mins ago

 

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO – A remote-controlled submarine shot a chemical dispersant into the maw of a massive undersea oil leak Monday, further evidence that authorities expect the gusher to keep erupting into the Gulf of Mexico for weeks or more.

Crews using the deep-sea robot attempted to thin the oil — which is rushing up from the seabed at a pace of about 210,000 gallons per day — after getting approval from the Environmental Protection Agency, BP spokesman Mark Proegler told The Associated Press.

The agency had halted two previous rounds of the dispersant to test its potential impact on the environment, and approved a third round of spraying that began early Monday, Proegler said.

The EPA said in a statment the effects of the chemicals were still widely unknown.

BP engineers, casting about after an ice buildup thwarted their plan to siphon off most of the leak using a 100-ton containment box, pushed ahead with other potential short-term solutions, including using a smaller box and injecting the leak with junk to plug it. However, none of these has been tried so deep — about a mile down. Workers were simultaneously drilling a relief well, the solution considered most permanent, but that was to take up to three months.

At least 3.5 million gallons were believed to have leaked since an April 20 drilling rig blast killed 11. If the gusher continues unabated, it would surpass the Exxon Valdez disaster as the nation's worst spill by Father's Day.

The engineers appear to be "trying anything people can think of" to stop the leak, said Ed Overton, a LSU professor of environmental studies.

Back on land, National Guard helicopters ferried loads of 1-ton sandbags to plug gaps in barrier islands that have been lapped at by a sheen of oil. The effort to bolster the islands was meant to safeguard the area's vulnerable wetlands.

Authorities also planned to use south Louisiana's system of locks and levees to release water to help keep the worst of the oil at sea.

"We're trying to save thousands of acres of marsh here in this area, where the shrimp lay their eggs, where the fin fish lay their eggs, where the crabs come in and out," said Chett Chiasson, executive director of the Greater Lafourche Port Commission. "We're trying to save a heritage, a way of life, a culture that we know here in recreational and commercial fishing."

BP — which is responsible for the cleanup — said Monday the spill has cost it $350 million so far for immediate response, containment efforts, commitments to the Gulf Coast states, and settlements and federal costs. The company did not speculate on the final bill, which most analysts expect to run into tens of billions of dollars.

Among plans under consideration for the gusher, BP is looking at cutting the riser pipe, which extends from the well, undersea and using larger piping to bring the gushing oil to a drill ship on the surface, a tactic considered difficult and less desirable because it will increase the flow of oil.

Above the oil leak, waves of dark brown and black sludge crashed into the support ship Joe Griffin. The fumes there were so intense that a crew member and an AP photographer on board had to wear respirators while on deck.

Oil — be it a surface sheen, globules or balls of tar — has washed up west of the Mississippi River and as far east as Dauphin Island, three miles off the Alabama mainland at the mouth of Mobile Bay.

The blowout aboard the rig, which was being leased by BP, was triggered by a bubble of methane gas that escaped from the well and shot up the drill column, expanding quickly as it burst through several seals and barriers before exploding, according to interviews with rig workers conducted during BP's initial, internal probe. The exact cause remains under investigation.

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Curran reported from Louisiana. Associated Press writers Ray Henry and Michael Kunzelman in Louisiana, Jay Reeves and Brent Kallestad in Florida, and Sarah Larimer and AP video journalist Rich Matthews in Alabama contributed to this report.

 

 

 

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Vote for this comment 2887 users disliked this comment.. Sat May 01, 2010 01:53 am PDT Report Abuse

Where are all the oily politicians in both parties hiding at? Why haven't they come to save the day? Why haven't they protected America from these greedy corporations that pay the bills for the rock star poltiical elections? Why isn't the oily corporate media really reporting on this? They had no plan to contain something like this which they knew would very well eventually happen before and they don't have one now... the disaster has just begun!

 

 

 

 

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Vote for this comment 438 users disliked this commentAlexander Sat May 01, 2010 02:06 am PDT Report Abuse

What an amazing mess....

 

 

 

 

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Vote for this comment 753 users disliked this commentTexbella13 Sat May 01, 2010 02:06 am PDT Report Abuse

BP. Bad track record for 12 or so years at least. Explosions in the Houston metropolitan area, leaks, now this. Can't keep up with damage control. Tragic.

 

 

 

 

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Vote for this comment 2493 users disliked this commentBraveheart Sat May 01, 2010 02:08 am PDT Report Abuse

better now than later when they would have had 1000s of these dangerous wells going for their greedy gain.

 

 

 

 

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Vote for this comment 3034 users disliked this commentReg Sat May 01, 2010 02:12 am PDT Report Abuse

Again, no real news reporting. Clumsy kids still trying to blame a BIG BAD corporation. Where is government oversight? Where are reports of actual facts about what caused the explosion?

 

 

 

 

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Vote for this comment 1852 users disliked this commentramalamafafafa Sat May 01, 2010 02:18 am PDT Report Abuse

Reg wrote: "Where is the government oversight?"Oh sure, now that there's been a disaster all the right-wingers run around saying the government should have more regulations so this wouldn't have happened. That would be the same government that the rest of the time you don't want to be able to regulate ANYTHING, because after all, corporations always have the public interest at heart -- right?

 

 

 

 

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Vote for this comment 876 users disliked this commentrobert Sat May 01, 2010 02:19 am PDT Report Abuse

Finally the world will understand there is no way to clean an oil spill....welcome to the myth...this is catastrophic...but now everyone will no there is no good way to do it at all .....when will we take our world back....

 

 

 

 

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Vote for this comment 226 users disliked this commentThomas Sat May 01, 2010 02:19 am PDT Report Abuse

why cant they make a huge clamp with a relief valve, drop it down, clamp around the leak, then seal the relief valve on the clamp? i know its deep but i cant beleive we cant make something and bring all resources in the world to bear on this problem. at least have some oil tankers out there as holding tanks for skimmers sucking up the oil right at tdc of where its coming out, that could cut oil down alot. just my 2 cents. If we can land a man on the moon in the 60's for sure we should be able to do something with this fast.

 

 

 

 

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Vote for this comment 1088 users disliked this commentAndy Sat May 01, 2010 02:20 am PDT Report Abuse

Everyone wants us to drill off shore... well u got it. Better to let others drill.

 

 

 

 

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Vote for this comment 730 users disliked this commentamelie Sat May 01, 2010 02:20 am PDT Report Abuse

Depressurization could be responsible for current rash of earthquakes! ! !

 

 

 

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