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Anti-BP Protesters Make Cameo Appearance in Pro-BP Ad
It might be lesson one of putting together any ad spot: scrub away anything that might make your company look bad. Especially if your company already looks bad.
Wednesday Words: Stephen Colbert Civics and Conspiracy Theories
Welcome to NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of the vocabulary of our lives — including useful, new, hilarious and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to roll off the old tongue).
Talk About a Disaster Movie: BP Oil Spill Set To Hit Big Screen
With BP’s one-year anniversary of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster nearly upon us, that can only mean one thing. The time is ripe for a Hollywood adaptation. (via Ecocentric)
2010’s Top Twitter Trends: Surprisingly Sporty
If it involved the World Cup, it was popular on Twitter in 2010.
Getting His Life Back: Tony Hayward for TIME 2010 Person of the Year?
The former BP CEO watched his credibility burn alongside the Deepwater Horizon, as his leadership flagged in the face of an unprecedented environmental disaster.
Oil Spill Haute Couture: Stained Shoes for a Good Cause
It may be the most absurd fashion statement since Zoolander.
Quotes: NOAA Scientist on Microbes Breaking Up the BP Oil Spill
“Has it hit the sweet spot? Yes. Was it by design? Partly,”
— STEVE MURAWSKI, Senior Scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, on the chemical dispersant used by BP to break up the Gulf of Mexico oil …
Calm Down People: Factchecking Thursday’s Oil Fire in the Gulf
After an oil and gas production platform in the Gulf of Mexico caught fire Thursday, media outlets (including us) were quick to jump to conclusions. If you were watching cable news at the time, you would have thought it was the …
Oil Rig Leaking After Explosion: Another Gulf Oil Spill?
The Coast Guard is reporting that a mile-long oil sheen is spreading from the site of today’s oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the Associated Press.
Labor Day Weekend on the Beach? Um, No.
If you’ve seen Piranhas 3D and are still up for the beach for the long weekend, you might be out of luck.
BP Abandons Arctic Drilling Interests in Greenland
With a rubber stamp of disapproval in the Gulf of Mexico, the oil company is reportedly having difficulty convincing other countries to partake in an offshore handshake.