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Sick Gulf Residents Continue to Blame BP

By Dahr Jamail | Al Jazeera English | Published: September 19, 2011

Many people living near the site of the BP oil spill have reported a long list of similar health problems. Just weeks after BP’s oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico began on April 20, 2010, Fritzi Presley knew something was very wrong with her health. The 57-year-old singer/songwriter from Long Beach, Mississippi began to [...]

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No End in Sight for Oil in the Gulf of Mexico

By Dahr Jamail | Al Jazeera English | Published: September 13, 2011

Fresh oil seepages raise questions about further problems with BP’s damaged oil well. Fifteen months after BP’s crippled Macondo Well in the Gulf of Mexico caused one of the worst environmental disasters in US history, oil and oil sheen covering several square kilometers of water are surfacing not far from BP’s well. Al Jazeera flew [...]

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The Return of the BP Disaster?

By Dahr Jamail | Al Jazeera English | Published: September 4, 2011

Oil is resurfacing again not far from the location of the BP Macondo Well off the Gulf of Mexico, 15 months on. Fifteen months after BP’s crippled Macondo Well in the Gulf of Mexico caused the worst environmental disaster in US history, oil and oil sheen covering several square miles of water are surfacing not [...]

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Rick Perry: Too Big to Fail?

By Dahr Jamail | Al Jazeera English | Published: September 1, 2011

As the race for the US presidency begins, another Texas governor has emerged as a leading contender. The dilemma facing American voters as the 2012 presidential election season begins might be summed up in one colourful question: “Is America ready for another set of cowboy boots in the White House?” The man posing the question [...]

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