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President Obama From the Oval: Too Little? Too Late?
White House officials appear to assume, correctly, that they can’t ‘win’ the oil spill. So they had to make the tragedy about something bigger than the oil. That’s why the president called for the first steps in ‘the transition away from fossil fuels’: ‘[T]he time to embrace a clean energy future is now. Now is the moment for this generation to embark on a national mission to unleash America’s innovation and seize control of our own destiny.’
The president’s speech:
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See the BP Spill on YOUR House
Having trouble visualizing the magnitude of the oil spill disaster? Tired of people using the word disaster until it’s meaningless? Here is the page for you – it will overlay the spill on your house using Google Maps.
21 Year Old Could Stop Gulf Oil Leak
21 year old Alia Sabur has caught the attention of BP and the Coast Guard with an innovative idea to capture the flow of oil pouring into the Gulf. A simple and elegant idea, it’s great that they’re considering it but a shame that they couldn’t figure it out sooner. What, exactly, do they get paid for? See clip from CNN below.




