BP has announced plans to cut its U.S. tax bill by $9.9 billion, about half of the amount it recently has pledged to aid victims of the disaster. The reason? They’ll be putting all costs related to the oil spill as expenditures on the company log book. A smart yet nefarious move if I ever [...]
Pentagon, Washington – In response to Wikileak‘s release of 90,000 classified military records (released as the Afghan War Diary), the US condemns the site as “irresponsible,” saying their publication could threaten national security. Spokesman Col Dave Lapan calls it a “criminal act.” The Pentagon said it might take weeks to ascertain what damage had been [...]
Lake Delhi, IOWA – The dam holding back the waters of Lake Delhi in eastern Iowa suffered a “catastrophic”, spilling it’s massive content of water onto nearby communities and forcing residents to flee. According to Jim Flansburg, communications director for Gov. Chet Culver, Lake Delhi Dam failed due to “massive rain — a very unusually [...]
Hagatna, Guam – Port officials in Guam have turned back a ship containing housing materials after thousands of burst forth from it’s cargo. The M.V. Altavia is carrying housing units and accessories from a former work force village expected of 18,000 temporary workers. Representatives from the Department of Agriculture said that as soon as dock [...]
For the first time in 87 days since the disaster at DeepWater Horizon, oil has stopped flowing into the Gulf of Mexico. BP has confirmed that it the new containment cap that they were testing has succesfully contained the leak starting at 3:25 p.m. ET. A Live Video feed showed that no oil was leaking [...]
India’s economic and population boom has one hidden caveat. Water. Due to the rapid rise in population and ultimately wasteful water management practices, India sets one record that it probably doesn’t want to be more publicly know. It’s one of the very first countries hit by a major water crisis. The solution? Quite simple enough, [...]
More bad news for BP and the people living in the Gulf of Mexico as tests confirmed dangerous levels of arsenic in the seawater. Researchers conducting the study reports that “the oil spill stops the normal process that arsenic flows through the seawater.” They explained that arsenic is normally found in seawater and is normally [...]
California – Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed A.B. 1437, requiring all whole eggs sold in the state of California, come from hens able to stand up, fully extend their limbs, lie down and spread their wings without touching each other or the sides of their enclosure. In simple terms, cage-free conditions for the birds are [...]
Bishop, Texas – The luckiest woman in the world may just be non-other than Joan Ginther. Since 1993, the 63-year-old woman has won four windfalls from the Texas Lottery, earning a grand total of $20.4 million. Her most recent win, a grand total of $10 million, comes from a scratch-off game called “$140,000,000 Extreme Payout.” [...]
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, United States – The combination of strong winds and tall waves have grounded clean-up boats into the docks, and the supertanker they’ve brought in specifically for siphoning the spill, halting efforts to fight the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The “Whale,” a taiwanese mega-skimmer, was in position near the site of the [...]
