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Editorial: Oil Disaster

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  • Tuesday, May 21 2013 7:20 PM EDT2013-05-21 23:20:08 GMT
    The horrific tornadoes that ripped through Oklahoma this week bring back all too familiar memories for Alabamians as memories of April 27, 2011 are still fresh in many minds. When Alabamians were in need
    The horrific tornadoes that ripped through Oklahoma this week bring back all too familiar memories for Alabamians as memories of April 27, 2011 are still fresh in many minds. When Alabamians were in need

  • Thursday, May 16 2013 7:20 PM EDT2013-05-16 23:20:04 GMT
    In my editorial on Tuesday I chided our legislators for being the last state to pass a no-brainer  bill legalizing home brewing.  Today I want to challenge them to be one of the first states to pass another no-brainer;
    In my editorial on Tuesday I chided our legislators for being the last state to pass a no-brainer  bill legalizing home brewing.  Today I want to challenge them to be one of the first states to pass another no-brainer;

  • Tuesday, May 14 2013 7:20 PM EDT2013-05-14 23:20:07 GMT
    Kudos, or perhaps, cheers to the Alabama Legislature for passing HB9, the home brewing bill. Legalized home brewing may not be up there with education reform or prison funding, but it was overdue. 
    Kudos, or perhaps, cheers to the Alabama Legislature for passing HB9, the home brewing bill. Legalized home brewing may not be up there with education reform or prison funding, but it was overdue. 
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Calling what is happening in the Gulf an oil spill does a disservice to the word spill.

It is a disaster of epic proportions – ecologically, economically and emotionally.

The regulatory failure and industry recklessness that caused the Wall Street, housing and banking mess has struck again.

There is plenty of blame to go around but what is needed now is focused, urgent attention to a cleanup that utilizes all options, including international resources that may be better.

New safety measures need to be implemented now and need to be followed so no more lives are lost in explosions and moratoriums on drilling that further crush livelihoods end.

Investments in cutting-edge technologies like microbes that eat oil need to be made to give us more options than shoreline boom.

BP's CEO may want his life back but the folks in our region are literally fighting for their livelihoods and need more results and less talk.