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August 12, 2010

Half of All California Wild Horses to Be Captured In Coming Weeks, Not What ”Wild Horse Annie” Wanted Long Ago

SAN FRANCISCO, (IDA) – Today, as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a motion to stop the roundup of half of all California wild horses, plaintiffs in the lawsuit are joining more than 54 members of Congress who are calling on the Obama Administration to halt the government roundup. Over 2,000 wild horses and 200 burros will be removed from the Twin Peaks Herd Management Area in northeastern California by helicopter stampede scheduled to begin on Wednesday, August 11, 2010.

Last week 54 members of Congress sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar demanding a halt to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) wild horse roundups and recommending reform of “what seems to be a deeply flawed policy. . .” Representatives Barbara Lee, George Miller, Lynn Woolsey, and Mike Honda are among the members of the California Congressional delegation who signed the letter on July 30, expressing concern over the BLM’s recent helicopter roundup of 1,224 Nevada mustangs, which caused the deaths of 34 of these iconic animals, including at least eight foals.

The Twin Peaks roundup will be conducted in the heat of summer and will unnecessarily subject many old, sick, lame and vulnerable young wild horses to potential injury and death. The BLM’s current policy of mass roundups, removals and stockpiling of horses has created what Interior Secretary Salazar has called an “unsustainable” situation whereby the agency is spending tens of millions of dollars annually to stockpile more than 38,000 wild horses.

The lawsuit was filed July 16 on behalf of ecologist Dr. Chad Hanson, a researcher at the University of California at Davis and author of numerous scientific studies; Barbara Clarke, wild horse expert and director of 2,000-acre DreamCatcher Wild Horse and Burro Sanctuary in Northeastern California; Linda Hay, a local resident who has visited and enjoyed the Twin Peaks horses for the past thirty years; and In Defense of Animals, a Bay Area-based animal protection organization.

Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, with offices in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York and Washington D.C., is joined as counsel in the lawsuit by the national law firm of Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney and San Francisco Bay Area-based environmental attorney Rachel Fazio.

“The President must step in if this roundup is to be stopped. The Interior Department continues to disproportionately allocate public resources in order to serve the private livestock and other commercial industries and in turn scapegoats wild horses and burros deeming them overpopulated,” said Stuart G. Gross, of Cotchett, Pitre and McCarthy. “In Twin Peaks, the Department authorizes four to seven times more privately-owned sheep and cattle than wild horses and burros to graze on Twin Peak’s nearly 800,000-acres – which is federally protected to serve as horse and burro areas.

“Under the Obama Administration for the first time in history, there are now more wild horses in government holding facilities than are left on the Western range. The vast majority of the captured Twin Peaks horses will join the 38,000 mustangs already stockpiled in zoo-like conditions,” said William J. Spriggs of Buchanan, Ingersoll and Rooney. “This scheme is not only fiscally unsustainable, it is also blatantly illegal.”

“The Department of Interior has a policy of removing mass numbers of wild horses from the range without fulfilling its obligation to establish the need for the action,” said environmental attorney Rachel Fazio.

Wild horses comprise a small fraction of grazing animals on public lands, where they are outnumbered by livestock nearly 50 to 1. The BLM has recently increased cattle grazing allotments in areas where wild horses are being removed. Currently the BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public lands of which cattle grazing is allowed on 160 million acres; wild horses are only allowed on 26.6 million acres of this land, which must be shared with cattle. The Obama Administration has accelerated the removal of wild horses and burros from public lands in the past year.

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Reported By Mike Zaman

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Saturday, July 31, 2010

Though the Alabama coast was directly affected by the massive oil leak in Gulf of Mexico, voters in the state still strongly support offshore and deepwater oil drilling.

A new Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey shows that 65% of Likely Voters in Alabama believe offshore oil drilling should be allowed. Only 14% oppose offshore drilling, while 21% more are not sure.

Support for offshore drilling is higher in Alabama than it is on the national level, despite the fact that Governor Bob Riley declared a statewide emergency just after the rig explosion occurred.

Fifty-nine percent (59%) in Alabama support deepwater oil drilling, which is also higher than the national average. One-in-five voters (21%) are against this type of oil drilling, and another 20% are undecided.

Alabama does not depend as heavily on oil industry jobs as Gulf Coast neighbors like Louisiana and Texas but does a sizable amount of business through the port of Mobile. BP is now hiring thousands of unemployed people in these states to help with the cleanup.

The survey of 500 Likely Voters in Alabama was conducted on July 22, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.

Like his fellow governors in Louisiana and Mississippi, Riley’s approval numbers have gotten slightly higher since the leak began. Fifty-seven percent (57%) of voters have approved of the Republican governor’s performance in three surveys conducted since May. In March, 51% approved of his job performance.

Republican State Representative Robert Bentley holds a 20-point lead over Democratic nominee Ron Sparks in the state’s race to replace Riley in November.

Men in Alabama are more supportive than women of offshore and deepwater oil drilling.

While Republicans and voters not affiliated with either major party strongly favor drilling, Democrats are evenly divided on the issue.

Offshore drilling receives even stronger support in Texas (70%), Louisiana (79%) and Mississippi (76%) despite how the leak has affected their shorelines. The tourism industry has been hard hit in all Gulf Coast states.

Support for offshore drilling in Florida (48%) is 48%, below the national average, but it’s a state heavily dependent on the tourism industry.
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By Mike Zaman

While America is still reeling from the negligence of BP in the Gulf of Mexico, new revelations have surfaced that shows oil companies are not taking proper care of either their rigs or pipelines.

BP for example recently had a problem with its Alaska pipeline; they failed to add lubricants to the oil to insure that the pipes won’t corrode and rupture. Now another company Calgary, Alberta-based Enbridge, Inc. is accused of failing to properly monitor the corrosion of its pipe line which ruptured and has spilled more than 1 million gallons of oil on Monday into Talmadge Creek, in Michigan.

In less than 48 hours the oil had travelled more than 35 miles downstream passing through Battle Creek and entered Calhoun County’s Marshall Township, killing fish and other wildlife in its path.

The slick is currently heading toward Morrow Lake and is about 7 miles away, and on course to enter Lake Michigan. If it is not contained before it enters the primary lake, it will be another ecological disaster of a major proportion.

The rivers ecology, Snails, frogs, muskrats and even birds eat, live and nest on or near the riverbank, the loss of wildlife has not yet been measured but is still growing. Oil contamination inhibits the natural cycle of species life patterns.

The Michigan leak came from a 30-inch pipeline, which was built in 1969 and carries about 8 million gallons of oil daily from Griffith, Ind., to Sarnia, Ontario.

With all the oil in Canada, why are we exporting oil to Canada?
But aside from the obvious, we are witnessing oil spills in our lakes and oceans at an unprecedented level, as we pollute our natural resources, we are diminishing our own ability to survive.

But equally as important, where are the government watchdogs that are to oversee these companies and assure that they are properly monitoring their oil lines as well as the rigs.

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The leases available to MASS Petroleum include high working interest oil operations with current production at approximately 12 bbl/d from several leases located in Crawford County Kansas. In addition, there are other prospective leases in the area MASS Petroleum will have access to as well for further development and drilling purposes.

The bulk of the production of the oil leases derives from the Bartlesville and Cattleman formations of Pennsylvanian age which fit into MASS Petroleum’s target area as mentioned earlier. The preliminary terms of the LOI assign a cost of the acquisition at $ 800,000 USD subject to MASS Petroleum completing its due diligence on the target leases in order to determine their economic value in today’s market.

MASS Petroleum has been continuing its efforts to determine key areas of interest through evaluating oil and gas assets with development and drilling upside potential. MASS Petroleum has determined the Kansas areas provide low-risk, multi-well oil and gas investments via direct participation programs through a direct ownership position in the wells or joint venture opportunities.

MASS Petroleum is excited to increase its cash flow through this acquisition and plans to use the funds to acquire additional production assets with similar parameters.

BP (NYSE:BP) announced that, by mutual agreement with the BP board, Tony Hayward is to step down as group chief executive with effect from October 1, 2010. He will be succeeded as of that date by fellow executive director Robert Dudley.

BP chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg said: “The BP board is deeply saddened to lose a CEO whose success over some three years in driving the performance of the company was so widely and deservedly admired.

“The tragedy of the Macondo well explosion and subsequent environmental damage has been a watershed incident. BP remains a strong business with fine assets, excellent people and a vital role to play in meeting the world’s energy needs. But it will be a different company going forward, requiring fresh leadership supported by robust governance and a very engaged board.

“We are highly fortunate to have a successor of the calibre of Bob Dudley who has spent his working life in the oil industry both in the US and overseas and has proved himself a robust operator in the toughest circumstances,” Svanberg said.

“I believe the decision I have reached with the board to step down is consistent with the responsibility BP has shown throughout these terrible events. BP will be a changed company as a result of Macondo and it is right that it should embark on its next phase under new leadership,” Hayward said.

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE:DO) announced that a subsidiary of the Company has agreed to suspend a Gulf of Mexico (GOM) contract and has entered into a new multi-well international commitment with a subsidiary of Murphy Exploration and Production Company that will result in the relocation of the dynamically positioned, deepwater drilling rig Ocean Confidence to the Republic of Congo. The rig departed the GOM over the weekend and is expected to arrive on location offshore Africa within approximately 60 days.

Diamond Offshore President and CEO, Larry Dickerson, noted, “As the uncertainty about continued deepwater drilling in the GOM persists, we must consider alternatives that allow our deepwater assets to remain employed. The contract we suspended with Murphy has been restructured into a one-year commitment in the GOM that is expected to recommence when our customer is satisfied that it can obtain the necessary permits and can meet any new regulatory requirements.”

The new international contract is a three-well commitment, plus an option for additional work, and includes an obligation for the customer to mobilize the rig to and from the Republic of Congo. The remaining one-year Gulf of Mexico commitment and new international commitment are expected to generate combined maximum total revenue of approximately $234 million.

Diamond Offshore provides contract drilling services to the energy industry around the globe and is a leader in deepwater drilling. Maximum contract revenue as stated above assumes 100% rig utilization. Generally, rig utilization rates approach 95-98% during contracted periods; however, utilization rates can be adversely impacted by additional downtime due to unscheduled repairs, maintenance and weather.

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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

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Most Americans continue to be concerned about the overall economic impact of the Gulf oil leak, but they’re less worried about gas prices rising at the pump.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 89% of Adults are at least somewhat concerned about the economic impact from the leak which appears to be capped after spewing into the Gulf for three months. Only nine percent (9%) don’t share that concern. These figures include 63% who are Very Concerned and one percent (1%) who are Not At All concerned.

The number of Adults who are concerned about the economic impact from the oil leak shows little change from early June.

Fifty-five percent (55%) now say it’s likely gas prices will go up as a result of the oil spill, but that’s down eight points from six weeks ago. Twenty-three percent (23%) disagree and say gas prices will not rise, while just as many (23%) are not sure.

In mid-June, 56% said gas prices were at least somewhat likely to go over $4 a gallon by the end of the year, but that included just 27% who said it was Very Likely.

Fifty-six percent (56%) of voters believe offshore oil drilling should still be allowed, while a plurality (47%) support deepwater drilling, too, even though the latter is the cause of the oil leak disaster.

The survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on July 15-16, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

Forty-nine percent (49%) say they are at least somewhat likely to refrain from buying BP products because of the company’s role in the Gulf oil spill, while slightly fewer (45%) are unlikely to boycott BP. These findings, too, show little change from early June, and include 28% who are Very Likely to boycott BP and 18% who are Not At All likely to do so.

Younger adults are more likely to participate in a BP boycott and feel gas prices will go up than their elders. More adults in lower income ranges feel gas prices will increase than those who are wealthier.

Just 24% of Americans say they are likely to change their future vacation plans because of the oil leak, while two-out-of-three adults (66%) are not likely to change their plans. Another 10% are not sure.

Thirty-five percent (35%) say they are less likely to purchase seafood as a result of the oil spill. Fifty-four percent (54%), however, are not worried about the oil spill affecting their seafood. Ten percent (10%) are undecided.

The numbers for changed vacation plans and buying seafood also are essentially the same as they were in early June.

The leak story still has high interest. Eighty-eight percent (88%) say they are following stories about the leak at least somewhat closely. Only 12% are not following closely, if at all.

Voters now are slightly less critical of both President Obama and the oil companies involved, BP and Transocean, for their handling of the leak.

A strong majority (69%) of Americans agree that BP and Transocean should be required to pay back everyone who lost income because of the leak.

Seventy-one percent (71%) of voters rate the government’s response to the Gulf oil leak as at least somewhat important in terms of how they will vote in November, with 35% who say it is Very Important.

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