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BP ‘informed of leak’ by worker weeks before oil spill
BP shares fall another 2pc on new allegations that it ignored safety warnings before the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. Read more on Daily Telegraph
Gulf of Mexico rig worker makes safety charge: report
A worker on the rig which exploded in the Gulf of Mexico claimed Monday he found a fault in a key piece of safety equipment weeks before the disaster, a British television report said. Read more on The Age
On Tuesday, May 3, World Socialist Web Site reporter Andre Damon interviewed Jeff Seely, a maritime injury lawyer with Gordon, Ellias, and Seely. This firm represents the family of Karl Kleppinger, one of the 11 workers killed in the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. Video Rating: 4 / 5
Even with more than 200000 gallons of oil being pumped directly into the Gulf of Mexico everyday (thanks to BP’s negligence on the Deepwater Horizon well,) right wing wackos are still clinging to their “drill baby, drill” mantra. We’re being told that yes, this is an atrocity, but we still need that oil at the bottom of the sea floor. Mike Papantonio appears on The Randi Rhodes Show to take on the offshore drilling cheerleaders, as well as explain the basics of his class action suit against BP.
Rig worker recalls race to trigger emergency system
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A supervisor aboard the doomed Deepwater Horizon drilling rig on Friday recounted a failed attempt to activate a fail-safe system that might have prevented BP Plc’s well from unleashing oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Read more on The Star
BP Pressured Rig Worker to Hurry Before Disaster, Father Says
May 28 (Bloomberg) — The highest-ranking crew member to perish aboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig warned his family that BP Plc was pressuring him to sacrifice safety for the sake of time and money, his father said. Read more on Bloomberg
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