Greenpeace has obtained some 30,000 memos, emails and transcripts which document last year’s disastrous BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Here’s what Tom Cowie and Amber Jamieson pulled out of the WikiLeaks-style document dump.
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Reports of dead oil soaked animals have been greatly exaggerated
The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was a terrible tragedy, but it wasn’t the worst environmental disaster of all time and it’s been blown completely out of proportion, says Michael Grunwald.
PHOTO GALLERY: Mopping up the other oil spill
The BP Gulf of Mexico spill isn’t the only environmental disaster of the last few months. A pipeline explosion in Dalian, China, resulted in an oil spill of 430 sq km, with workers attempting to stop the leakage.
BP losing online fight to clean up corrosive PR
BP continues to flounder in crisis management mode, with the beleaguered petrol giant desperately using every online trick in the book to counter a seemingly endless stream of bad PR.
The journo who went diving in the oil spill
AP journalist Rich Matthews dives into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill — without a Hazmat suit — to get video footage from underwater. The thick oil is like cake batter and takes 30 minutes to scrub off.
Why we should kill oil-soaked birds
All the efforts to clean and salvage the oil-soaked birds from the Gulf of Mexico spill are in vain. The most humane thing to do is just kill them, says experts.
PHOTO GALLERY: The animals being drowned in oil
As the Gulf of Mexico spill continues to flow, HuffPo takes a look at the oil-covered pelicans, crabs, fish and seagulls suffering the consequences of BP’s actions.
Why the BP spill is a glorious thrill
The giant BP oil spill is a terrible environmental disaster and everything, but it’s also a once in a lifetime opportunity for researchers to study the effects of an oil spill for decades to come.
PHOTO GALLERY: How the spill unfolded
It all started with a bang. NY Times charts the BP spill, from the explosion that killed 11 workers to the sludge poisoning pelicans in Louisiana wetlands.
Save the Louisiana Wetlands, burn them
The least-worst method of clearing out the massive BP oil slick infiltrating the Louisiana Wetlands is a controlled fire. But cutting the marsh grasses or fertilising microbes might also work.
BP’s best mate: an environmental NGO
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill isn’t just staining the ocean and the reputation of BP. Green NGO Nature Conservancy — who’s received millions of dollars in donations from BP over the years — is also looking oily.
The Blowout: US 60 Minutes takes on the BP oil spill
Watch 60 Minutes’ (that’s the ‘merkin version) excellent investigation into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, exposing how BP’s cost-cutting and low safety standards allowed the disaster to occur.
BP oil spill: blame Bush
The Bush administration and its pro-oil industry policies should shoulder a large part of the blame for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, argues Matthew Yglesias.
Al Gore: How the oil spill could save the planet
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill isn’t just an environmental disaster, says Al Gore: it’s a “consciousness-shifting event” that could have huge ramifications for the climate change movement.
What is BP trying to hide?
Oil company BP has sent a “litigation mitigation team” to the Gulf of Mexico offering money to local businesses in exchange for their john hancocks. So just what are they signing away?
Crikey Clarifier: What happens when a ship lands on a coral reef?
How did the Chinese cargo ship Shen Neng 1 run aground in a protected area of the Great Barrier Reef? And how will it be rescued? Crikey intern Elizabeth Redman spoke to Master Mariner Richard Morris.
Oil pollution visible from Exmouth, WA, to Queensland
It’s sickening to think what must be happening to the marine life in Australia’s once pristine northern waters now polluted over vast areas, writes Bruce Hogben.
West Atlas spill the tip of the iceberg: WWF
In terms of the environment, the region of the Timor Sea where the West Atlas oil spill has occurred is easily as important as the Great Barrier Reef, writes Gilly Llewellyn.
Will Timor Sea oil slick be curtains for bluefin tuna?
The already-devastated Southern bluefin tuna population could be sunk for good by the recent Montara oil spill.
Our quietly spreading Exxon Valdez in the Timor Sea
A WWF trip to study the Timor Sea oil slick has found a disaster of disturbing proportions. Gilly Llewellyn and Bob Gosford write.
Never mind the oil slick, what about the detergent?
About three million litres of oil have been spilt in the Timor Sea but the 100,000 litres of detergent that the Australian Maritime Safety Authority threw at it don’t appear to have fixed it, writes Glen Fergus.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Fuel spill at at BHP’s Pyrenees oil field
An unknown quantity of fuel has been spilt within a stone’s throw of WA’s Ningaloo marine park, Alex Hawke’s secret Young Libs tapes, Randwick Labor rolls the dice, and more tip-offs from insiders and informants.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Della Bosca and his upstanding member
Crikey readers continue to weigh in on the John Della Bosca sex scandal, in light of the article by Bob Ellis. Plus, what’s happening with the Australian film industry?
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Della Bosca and his poor personal decisions
Crikey readers weigh in on the economy, rumours about Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman and the ‘poor personal decisions’ of John Della Bosca.
