PressTV - CNN spreads lies against Iran, Syria: Ex-correspondent
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/04/01/296014/cnn-lies-about-iran-syria-exreporter
An outspoken investigative journalist and former CNN correspondent has once again stressed that the US-based network is engaged in spreading Western propaganda against Iran and Syria.
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La probable arrivée prochaine des « drones sous-marins »
That’s also the reason these robotic jellyfish are getting bigger — because the larger they are, the further they can go. Potential uses include ocean monitoring and perhaps clearing oil spills, but the US Navy, which is funding the work, sees an opportunity to recruit jellies for underwater surveillance — a job the researchers say is suited to their natural-looking disguise.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/29/virginia-tech-robot-jellyfish
#BP plea in Gulf spill case OKd by judge - SFGate
http://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/BP-plea-in-Gulf-spill-case-OKd-by-judge-4234275.php
BP plaide coupable de meurtre et paie une petite amende… les personnalités juridiques on les envoie pas à la chaise électrique ?
BP added manslaughter to its felony record Tuesday, but removed a heavy weight from the shoulders of the company and its investors as a judge accepted a plea agreement in the deadly 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
The $4 billion fine - about equivalent to the revenue BP took in every four days last year - was salt in an open wound for victims who spoke during an emotional hearing in New Orleans at which a BP lawyer entered guilty pleas on the company’s behalf to 14 charges, including manslaughter and obstruction of Congress.
In addition to the fine, which BP will be able to pay over five years, the oil giant will be on probation for five years and will be subject to independent monitoring.
“I think BP is the real winner today,” said Chris Jones, whose brother, Gordon Jones, was killed in the Deepwater Horizon explosion.
Balloon Mapping Kit
http://shop.breadpig.com/collections/publiclaboratory/products/balloon-mapping-kit
Use it to tell a different story from the “official” map — document contamination (it was used to map the BP oil spill) or wetlands loss, or to record a temporary condition like the Occupy Oakland encampment.
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The Grassroots Mapping Forum | publiclaboratory.org
http://publiclaboratory.org/forum
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(ça coûte US$95 mais ils ne vendent pas à l’étranger)
#cartographie #cartographie_radicale #crowdfunding pour @reka
Niger Delta Villagers vs. Shell: Seeking Justice Abroad
By Zainab Usman
Think Africa Press
November 16, 2012
Villagers of Niger Delta are seeking justice in the Netherlands after a futile effort to find justice for Shell’s actions in Nigeria. The Anglo-Dutch multinational oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague is accused of oil spills that have “devastated communities, destroyed livelihoods, and endangered the health of local populations and the ecosystem.”The verdict expected in 2013 will determine if pursuing action against Shell abroad was a viable legal strategy. A successful case could have a wide impact by enforcing accountability on multinational companies.
NewsDaily: #Nigeria #Exxon spill spreads for miles along coast
http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/bre8ag0cz-us-nigeria-exxonspill
An oil spill at an ExxonMobil facility offshore from the Niger Delta has spread at least 20 miles from its source, coating waters used by fishermen in a film of sludge.
Mark Ward, the managing director of ExxonMobil’s local unit, said a clean up had been mobilized, and he apologized to affected communities for the spill.
Exxon said last Sunday it had shut a pipeline off the coast of Akwa Ibom state after an oil leak whose cause was unknown.
“This is the worst spill in this community since Exxon started its operations in the area,” said Edet Asuquo, 40, a fisherman in the Mkpanak community, as women scooped oil into buckets. In some marshy areas, plants were poking out of the slick, not yet dead and blackened by the oil.
Oil major BP Plc this week agreed to pay $4.5 billion in penalties for spilling nearly 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Despite thousands of barrels a year spilt by oil majors in Nigeria, none has ever been forced to make a financially significant settlement.
Some communities are now attempting to sue for compensation from Shell in Western courts.
US downplayed effect of Deepwater oil spill on whales, emails reveal | Environment | guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/oct/24/whale-death-deepwater-oil-spill
Documents obtained by Greenpeace show officials controlling information about wildlife affected by the disaster
#environnement #information #bp #pétrole attention aux photos de #baleines mortes…
Etats-Unis Energie Arctique Alaska - Une longue et passionnante enquête sur les futurs ravages de l’exploitation pétrolière en Alaska
Shell Arctic Ocean Drilling Stands to Open New Oil Frontier - NYTimes.com
The Energy Rush: New and Frozen Frontier Awaits Offshore Oil Drilling
Edward Itta, the former mayor of North Slope Borough and an Inupiat Eskimo, campaigned as a whaler opposed to offshore drilling.
By JOHN M. BRODER and CLIFFORD KRAUSS
Published: May 23, 2012
WASHINGTON — Shortly before Thanksgiving in 2010, the leaders of the commission President Obama had appointed to investigate the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico sat down in the Oval Office to brief him.
The Energy Rush
Shell Oil employees took questions from village elders in Savoonga, Alaska, in April 2011. Shell will begin drilling test wells off the coast of northern Alaska this July.
After listening to their findings about the BP accident and the safety of deepwater drilling, the president abruptly changed the subject.
“Where are you coming out on the offshore Arctic?” he asked.
William K. Reilly, a former chief of the Environmental Protection Agency and a commission co-chairman, was startled, as was Carol M. Browner, the president’s top adviser at the time on energy and climate change. Although a proposal by Shell to drill in the Arctic had been a source of dissension, it was not a major focus of the panel’s work.
Two years since the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/apr2012/pers-a21.shtml
Two years since the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster
21 April 2012
Two years ago yesterday, an explosion at the BP-run Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers and unleashed an oil spill that resulted in the worst environmental catastrophe in US history.
Before it was finally capped nearly three months later, the erupting well released 4.9 million barrels of oil, making it the largest accidental oil spill ever. It caused hundreds of billions of dollars in damage to the local economy, from Texas to Florida. Its impact on human health and the gulf ecosystem will last for decades, with consequences that are not fully known.
Chevron staff charged over Brazil oil spill - Americas - Al Jazeera English
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/03/20123225656977253.html
Federal prosecutors in Brazil have filed criminal charges against 17 Chevron and Transocean company executives over an oil leak in the Atlantic Ocean in November 2011.
Prosecutors on Wednesday accused the executives of environmental crimes, of misleading Brazil’s oil regulator about their safety plans and not providing accurate information in the wake of the spill.
At least 416,000 litres of oil seeped through cracks on the ocean floor near a Chevron appraisal well off the Rio de Janeiro coast.
The federal prosecutors’ office in Rio de Janeiro said in an emailed statement that the two companies and 17 of its executives had been charged with “crimes against the environment.”
If found guilty, the executives could face up to 31 years in prison.
BP’s blemished safety record is off-limits in trial, judge rules | NOLA.com
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2012/02/judge_rules_bps_blemished_safe.html
Plaintiffs in the lawsuit against #BP over damages from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill won’t be allowed to bring up the oil giant’s spotty past safety record, including a major accident in Texas City, Texas, nor will they be allowed to use the contents of a series of reports on the causes of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier ruled Thursday.
c’est quand même beau la #justice #environnementale aux #etats-unis
SKYTRUTH: using remote sensing and digital mapping to educate the public and policymakers about the environmental consequences of human activities
http://www.skytruth.org
On Wednesday, December 21, #SkyTruth obtained a radar #satellite #image showing a major oil spill in the waters off the coast of #Nigeria. The image, taken at approximately 9:30am local time on December 21, 2011 by the ASAR instrument aboard the Envisat satellite operated by the European Space Agency, reveals a slick covering 923 square kilometers (356 square miles). The image may be viewed and downloaded from the SkyTruth blog.
Image #republication is #permitted with the following credit statement:
“Envisat ASAR image analyzed by SkyTruth (http://www.skytruth.org) - data courtesy European Space Agency”
Déjà cité (http://seenthis.net/spip.php?page=recherche&recherche=skytruth), à présent lié...
Nigeria on alert as Shell announces worst oil spill in a decade | Environment | guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/dec/22/nigerian-shell-oil-spill
Nigerian coastal and fishing communities were on Thursday put on alert after Shell admitted to an oil spill that is likely to be the worst in the area for a decade, according to government officials..
The company said up to 40,000 barrels of crude oil was spilled on Wednesday while it was transferred from a floating oil platform to a tanker 75 miles off the coast of the Niger delta.
Israel Refuses to Pay for Lebanese Oil Spill | Al Akhbar English
►http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/israel-refuses-pay-lebanese-oil-spill-bill
For the sixth time the UN General Assembly issued a resolution condemning Israel and asking it to provide immediate compensation for the oil spill it caused along the Lebanese coast during the July 2006 war.
The resolution passed on November 17, with 157 countries voting in favor, seven against, and three abstained, at the 66th session of the UN General Assembly.
The US, which donated 5 million dollars to clean up the spill, voted against the resolution for the sixth consecutive time, as did Canada, Australia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Nauru, not to mention Israel.
This resolution is a revised draft of five previous resolutions (194/61, 188/62, 211/63, 195/64, 147/65) all issued in the years following Israel’s targeting of oil storage tanks near the Jiyeh electric power plant in the first days of the July 2006 war.
An estimated 15,000 cubic meters of fuel spilled into the sea, contaminating 150 kilometres of Lebanon’s coastline.
Tu n’as jamais entendu parler des cinq précédentes : sixième résolution de l’Assemblée générale de l’ONU condamnant Israël à payer pour les dégâts qu’il a occasionnés lors de la guerre de 2006 en provoquant une catastrophe écologique (fuite de pétrole). Évidemment, Israël n’a pas payé après les cinq premières injonctions de l’ONU.
En revanche, si le Liban refuse de payer sa part du TSL, évidemment, ça tu en entendras parler en long et en large.
Israel Refuses to Pay for Lebanese Oil Spill Bill | Al Akhbar English
►http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/israel-refuses-pay-lebanese-oil-spill-bill
For the sixth time the UN General Assembly issued a resolution condemning Israel and asking it to provide immediate compensation for the oil spill it caused along the Lebanese coast during the July 2006 war.
The resolution passed on November 17, with 157 countries voting in favor, seven against, and three abstained, at the 66th session of the UN General Assembly.
This resolution is a revised draft of five previous resolutions (194/61, 188/62, 211/63, 195/64, 147/65) all issued in the years following Israel’s targeting of oil storage tanks near the Jiyeh electric power plant in the first days of the July 2006 war.
Court Rules US Taxpayers, Not BP Or Transocean, Are Liable For Gulf Oil Spill Clean Up Costs
http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2011/06/18/unbelievable-courts-rule-taxpayers-bp-transocean-liable-gulf-
US District court has dismissed over 100,000 lawsuits brought against BP And Transocean to pay for oil spill clean up costs and environmental damages caused to the Gulf of Mexico from the BP Gulf Oil Spill. The court ruled that injury stopped the moment the well was sealed and the Federal Government, aka The US Taxpayer, is now liable for clean up costs along with any damages caused by deficiencies of the cleanup of the Gulf Of Mexico.
Well Partner to Settle With BP for $4 Billion - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/18/business/bp-recovers-4-billion-from-anadarko-for-gulf-spill.html
#BP continues to quarrel with its contractors, Transocean, which operated the rig, and Halliburton, which was responsible for cement work, about participating in the compensation payments. BP said Monday that the Anadarko settlement should set an example for the two contractors.
ah oui mais maintenant BP accuse Halliburton d’avoir détruit des preuves
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204083204577080720007309592.html
Innovation & management, par Neal Stephenson | World Policy Institute
►http://www.worldpolicy.org/journal/fall2011/innovation-starvation
Today’s belief in ineluctable certainty is the true innovation-killer of our age. In this environment, the best an audacious manager can do is to develop small improvements to existing systems—climbing the hill, as it were, toward a local maximum, trimming fat, eking out the occasional tiny innovation—like city planners painting bicycle lanes on the streets as a gesture toward solving our energy problems. Any strategy that involves crossing a valley—accepting short-term losses to reach a higher hill in the distance—will soon be brought to a halt by the demands of a system that celebrates short-term gains and tolerates stagnation, but condemns anything else as failure. In short, a world where big stuff can never get done.
BP to risk worst ever oil spill in Shetlands drilling - Green Living, Environment - The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/exclusive-bp-to-risk-worst-ever-oil-spill-in-shetlands-drilling-23692
BP is making contingency plans to fight the largest oil spill in history, as it prepares to drill more than 4,000 feet down in the Atlantic in wildlife-rich British waters off the Shetland Islands.
Internal company documents seen by The Independent show that the worst-case scenario for a spill from its North Uist exploratory well, to be sunk next year, would involve a leak of 75,000 barrels a day for 140 days – a total of 10.5 million barrels of oil, comfortably the world’s biggest pollution disaster.
New Zealand oil spill reaches shore as weather holds up response | World news | The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/10/new-zealand-oil-slick
Oil has begun washing up on a popular beach on New Zealand’s east coast, five days after the container ship Rena struck a reef in the Bay of Plenty. Officials urged people to avoid the area, warning that the water off Tauranga city had become “highly toxic”.
Efforts to remove oil from the ship, which ran aground on Astrolabe Reef in the early hours of Wednesday, have been suspended in the face of deteriorating weather conditions.
On Sunday about 10 tonnes of fuel oil had been pumped into safe storage from the 236-metre-long ship but that represented a fraction of the 1,700 tonnes on board.
Innovation Starvation | World Policy Institute
►http://www.worldpolicy.org/journal/fall2011/innovation-starvation
Neal Stephenson sur le rôle de la SF dans l’innovation.
Most people who work in corporations or academia have witnessed something like the following: A number of engineers are sitting together in a room, bouncing ideas off each other. Out of the discussion emerges a new concept that seems promising. Then some laptop-wielding person in the corner, having performed a quick Google search, announces that this “new” idea is, in fact, an old one—or at least vaguely similar—and has already been tried. Either it failed, or it succeeded. If it failed, then no manager who wants to keep his or her job will approve spending money trying to revive it. If it succeeded, then it’s patented and entry to the market is presumed to be unattainable, since the first people who thought of it will have “first-mover advantage” and will have created “barriers to entry.” The number of seemingly promising ideas that have been crushed in this way must number in the millions.
The Great Beyond : BP’s beach clean-up ‘contaminated clean sand’
http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2011/04/bps_beach_cleanup_contaminated.html : news/rss/the_great_beyond (The Great Beyond - Blog Posts)
#BP a bien pourri les plages qu’il a « nettoyées » après la marée noire du Golfe du Mexique, mais désormais il est prêt à lancer de nouveaux forages :
Byron Grote, BP’s Chief Financial Officer: “We’ve got a number of things we want to make certain we have right before we recommence drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. ... We expect to be back and actively drilling during the second half of the year,” he told a conference call with investors
‘Spillionaires’ : Profiteering and Mismanagement in the Wake of the BP Oil Spill - ProPublica
http://www.propublica.org/article/spillionaires-profiteering-mismanagement-in-the-wake-of-the-bp-oil-spill
Une enquête de ProPublica sur les profiteurs de la marée noire dans le Golfe du Mexique
Some people profiteered from the spill by charging #BP outrageous rates for cleanup. Others profited from BP claims money, handed out in arbitrary ways. So many people cashed in that they earned nicknames — “spillionaires” or “BP rich.” Meanwhile, others hurt by the spill ended up getting comparatively little.
#Protei, robot nettoyeur (qui a besoin de votre aide) – Jean-No
http://www.hyperbate.com/dernier/?p=15987
dans le Golfe du Mexique [...] une équipe internationale [...] travaille à la mise au point de Protei, un drone marin autonome destiné à nettoyer les dégâts des fuites de Pétrole [...]. Il s’agit d’un projet innovant et « #libre », c’est à dire que les technologies mises au point pourront être diffusées sans être brevetées et donc, être utilisées par qui veut. Dans un esprit très #do-it-yourself, #Protei s’appuie sur #Arduino mais aussi sur des composants de #Wii détournés de leur usage d’origine.
#diy #fablab #mer #bateau
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