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Ten years after Deepwater Horizon roiled the Gulf, brakes are off BP’s oil-drilling plans
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Ten years ago, Deepwater Horizon became synonymous with one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history. The oil rig explosion on April 20, 2010 killed 11 workers and injured 17; about 4.9 million barrels of crude oil decimated Gulf of Mexico marine life. The horrors were just the beginning. -
Barr, Grenell block 9/11 families access to evidence with broad, ‘unprecedented’ claims of secrecy
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Attorney General William Barr and Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell broadly invoked the state secrets privilege this week to block 9/11 survivors and family members from obtaining crucial evidence to support their multi-billion dollar damages lawsuit against Saudi Arabia. -
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Like Trump’s intelligence chief, ex-U.S. envoy under scrutiny for ties to sanctioned oligarch reportedly living in Miami
By Jack Davies
Mongabay
Donald Trump’s most senior intelligence official, Richard Grenell, came under scrutiny last month after it emerged he’d carried out work for sanctioned Moldovan oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc. But Grenell is not the only Washington political figure tied to the man once dubbed “Moldova’s most-feared figure.” -
FBI seeks to hide its legal arguments in 9/11 case as Senators ask Justice’s IG to investigate ‘abnormalities’
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The U.S. is asking a federal judge to allow it to file secret legal arguments in the mammoth New York lawsuit against Saudi Arabia brought by 9/11 families and survivors. -
FDA to Florida company: Stop turning silver into fools’ gold with fake COVID-19 cure
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Could silver cure COVID-19? Not according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. -
EPA proposes big expansion of Port Everglades offshore dump; time running out for public comment
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
With Floridians focused on surviving the global COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to significantly expand an underwater dump site off the coast of Fort Lauderdale.
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