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06/28/10 Andrea LypkaWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Hands Across The Sand, Gulf Oil Spill, BP oil spill, BP, BP oil disaster, St Pete Beach
Since the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion on April 20th, hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil continue to gush into the Gulf. This Saturday, the public anger against BP rose above the level: thousands of people in 900 cities worldwide and about 6,000 protested against the oil spill in Tampa Bay.
Hundreds of people formed a line and joined hands at noon in a 15-minute-long metaphoric protest in St. Pete Beach calling for alternative energy and protesting against off-shore drill...
Be the first to commentActivists will join Hands Across the Sand this Saturday listen
06/24/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: BP, BP oil spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Hands Across The Sand, offshore oil drilling
This Saturday, people all over the world will join hands to oppose offshore drilling and to support alternative energy sources. It’s called Hands Across the Sand and is an extension of a coordinated event that began earlier this year in Florida.
Phil Compton is the Sierra Club’s Regional Field Organizer.
“No to offshore drilling and yes to a clean energy future. It’s something that we’ve been talking about since, well, Jimmy Carter, and we haven’t...
Be the first to commentSpecial Places in Florida could be threatened by BP oil blowout part 2 listen
06/17/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: BP, BP oil spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico
Last night we brought you the first half of our interview with Stephen Saunders, president of the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization. That group, along with the Natural Resources Defense Council, has released a new report called "Special Places at Risk in the Gulf: Effects of the BP Oil Catastrophe." It identifies fifteen areas that coul...
Be the first to commentKathy Castor takes on BP CEO Tony Hayward listen
06/17/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: BP, BP oil spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Tony Haward, kathy castor
In the hearings on Capitol Hill, Tampa-area U.S. Representative Kathy Castor questioned BP CEO Tony Hayward. She asked why, with the frequent number of accidents, he claimed an accident is a one-in-a-million event.
Be the first to commentSpecial places in Gulf could be threatened by BP oil blowout - part 1 listen
06/16/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: BP, BP oil spill, Gulf Oil Spill
A new report called "Special Places at Risk in the Gulf: Effects of the BP Oil Catastrophe" identifies fifteen areas that could be threatened by oil gushing from BP’s rig. The report was prepared by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization. Stephen Saunders is president of the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization.
Tune in tomorrow when we bring you the [second half](http://www.wmnf.org/news_storie...
Be the first to commentIn first Oval Office speech Obama calls for independent oil spill claims fund listen
06/16/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Barack Obama, BP, BP oil spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Bill Nelson, kathy castor
In his first prime-time address from the Oval Office, President Barack Obama attempted to reassure the American people about the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster. In his 17-minute speech, Obama referred to what he called the “battle plan” to cap the gusher, clean up the environment, and help put Gulf residents back to work. But because of the BP oil disaster, Obama says many people in Louisiana, Missis...
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06/16/10 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: BP, criminal prosecution, Russell Mokhiber
Should BP be held criminally liable for the deaths and damage in the Gulf in the wake of the DH exposion? Our next guest says yes. he is RUSSELL MOKHIBER, http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com
Mokhiber is editor of Corporate Crime Reporter. He said today: "BP is a recidivist corporate criminal. BP has three convictions and one deferred prosecution agreement in the last ten years. In his speech [Tuesday night] Obama did not once mention the words 'crime,' 'criminal' or 'justice.' Why not?...
BP will contribute $20 billion to Gulf recovery escrow fund listen
06/16/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: BP, BP oil spill, Barack Obama, Gulf Oil Spill
President Barack Obama met today with officials from BP and announced that the company would put aside $20 billion to pay economic damages associated with the Gulf oil disaster.
Be the first to comment“Currently, under federal law, there is a $75 million cap on how much oil companies could under certain circumstances be required to pay for economic damages resulting from spills such as this. That amount would clearly be insufficient. That is why I am pleased to announce that BP has agreed to set aside $20 billi...
Nelson thinks Pentagon should step in on cleanup of BP oil disaster listen
06/10/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bill Nelson, BP, BP oil spill, Gulf Oil Spill
Florida’s senior Senator Bill Nelson is calling for the command and control structure of the Pentagon to help coordinate the cleanup of the Gulf
“Just know that you’ve got some folks in Florida who are mad as wet hens right now. We’ve got to get this command and control straightened out where communication is going to everybody at the local level.”
Nelson made those remarks this morning during the Senate’s Homeland Security and Government Oversight Subcommittee, which is determining th...
Be the first to commentSocial critic Derrick Jensen on BP oil disaster listen
06/10/10 Kelly BenjaminWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: BP, BP oil spill, Gulf Oil Spill
Derrick Jensen is an award winning author, activist, and social critic who has written extensively on the unsustainability of industrial civilization in regards to the natural world. WMNF spoke to him today about the systemic problem of industrialization and the BP oil spill.
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