*BREAKING* BP may forgo relief wells; Unsure how to use them, it “remains to be seen”

The AP reports, "With engineers only feet away from completing a pair of them they're ... Read more >>

BP says there’s a leak in CAPPING SYSTEM; Tests and ‘static kill’ delayed, may start tomorrow (VIDEO)

Oil Disaster Day 105, MSNBC, August 2, 2010:

BP released a statement saying as engineers started ... Read more >>

Orchestra music plays while Thad Allen describes ‘kill’ procedure during today’s press conference (VIDEO)

Press briefing and teleconference to provide operational update on ongoing Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill response ... Read more >>

CNN’s Rick Sanchez: If “COREXSOL” so bad where’s all the dead fish? Expert informs “Mixture is lethal to many, many species”

Susan Shaw: EPA knew oil-dispersant mix "highly toxic",  "Mixture is lethal to many, many species"

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EPA tests find dispersant-oil mix “highly toxic”

Nokomis dispersant mixed with oil is 'highly toxic'; BP only admits to using Corexit, though ... Read more >>

CNN mocks EPA testing dispersant toxicity on just TWO species, “Data we’re reporting today is only one piece” (VIDEOS)

Top EPA Scientist to Discuss Data from Second Round of Dispersant Testing, EPA, August 2, ... Read more >>

Until today, EPA only conducted “toxicity tests of the dispersant product ALONE – NOT mixed with oil”

Top EPA Scientist to Discuss Data from Second Round of Dispersant Testing, EPA, August 2, ... Read more >>

Toxicologist: “Water looks like a gelatinous toxic soup” near blow-out

Gulf Oil Spill Dispersants Raise Concerns, Consumer Affairs, August 2, 2010:

[T]oxicologist Dr. William Sawyer... says ... Read more >>

Stationary ROV films clearest sea floor bursts yet — August 2 near BP ‘Oil Spill’

The longer the ROV stayed at the scene, the more intense these possible methane bursts ... Read more >>

Magnitude 3.0 earthquake 80 miles NW of New Orleans around midnight — 3 miles deep

Magnitude 3.0 - LOUISIANA, USGS, August 2, 2010 at 4:34 UTC:

Earthquake Details * This event ... Read more >>

Feds: Scientists concerned about static kill “based on what they KNOW about the blow out preventer” (VIDEO)

Press briefing and teleconference to provide operational update on ongoing Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill response ... Read more >>

*BREAKING* Feds: Static “Kill” a MISNOMER; What we’re “really doing” is conducting a “test” (VIDEO)

Press briefing and teleconference to provide operational update on ongoing Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill response ... Read more >>

BP may rename gas stations as “backlash in America shows no sign of easing”; Some see 40% drop in sales

US petrol stations to consider banishing BP from the pumps, Telegraph (UK), August 1, 2010:

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“HUGE discrepancies”: 1.8 million gallons of dispersant “now in question”, “Either BP was lying to Congress or to the Coast Guard”

Markey Analysis Shows Coast Guard Allowed BP, Spill Response Officials to Excessively Use Dispersants, Chairman ... Read more >>

Congressman says “We discovered how toxic these chemicals really are”; BP “carpet bombed the ocean” with dispersants

Markey Analysis Shows Coast Guard Allowed BP, Spill Response Officials to Excessively Use Dispersants, Chairman ... Read more >>

Chairman: Coast Guard rubber stamped approvals for “UNLIMITED USE” of “toxic dispersants” by BP

Markey Analysis Shows Coast Guard Allowed BP, Spill Response Officials to Excessively Use Dispersants, Chairman ... Read more >>

“Radical drops in oxygen levels never before seen” have “changed our whole ecosystem”

"The oil trapped in the water column is also suffocating the ocean, causing radical drops ... Read more >>

*NEW* Bursts coming from sea floor — Far away from ROV thrusters (VIDEO)

BP live feed from Boa Deep C ROV, August 1, 2010 at 12:30 a.m. EDT:

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