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{ LINK: Libyan tribe threatens to cut oil exports soon }

wiredthoughts:

TRIPOLI Feb 20 (Reuters) - The leader of the Al-Zuwayya tribe in eastern Libya threatened on Sunday to cut oil exports to Western countries within 24 hours unless authorities stop what he called the “oppression of protesters”. 

 

Speaking to Al Jazeera, Shaikh Faraj al Zuway said: “We will stop oil exports to Western countries within 24 hours” if the violence did not stop.

 

The tribe lives south of Benghazi, which has seen the worst of the deadly violence in recent days.

 

Akram Al-Warfalli, a leading figure in the Al Warfalla tribe, one of Libya’s biggest, told the channel: “We tell the brother (Gaddafi), well he’s no longer a brother, we tell him to leave the country.”

  The tribe live south of the capital Tripoli.

These people know how to get things done. 

(via dancingonembers-deactivated2011)

{ LINK: Libya Update: #2 }

-dunham:

News:

• Fidel Castro says US plans NATO invasion of Libya
• European Union suspends trade agreement with Libya.
• GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks fall, oil gains on Libya fears
• UN Appeals to Governments to Grant Asylum to People Fleeing Libya
• VIDEO: Libya teeters on the brink.
• Foreigners continue to flee Libya
• Respol suspends Libyan oil output, ports disrupted
• VIDEO: Anderson Cooper speaks with Libyan Eyewitness

Once again: the best updates are to be found on Aljazeera’s Live Blog and also, if you want background information as to how/why this is happening, you can check it out here!

Other News (equally important!):

• Thousands rally across Yemen
• Iranian warships cross Suez Canal (in relation to recent Egypt events)
• In Bahrain, Shiites turn to protest
• New Zealand Earthquake: Two Aftershocks rock Christchurch on “darkest day”

(Source: -redux, via stfuislamobigotry)

{ LINK: Dolphin Deaths In Gulf Region Spike, Probably Because Of That Massive Oil Spill That Happened }

taniada:

“Ten months ago, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico, leaving behind an “oil volcano” belching millions of gallons of poison into the waters of the Gulf region. The spill was stopped up in mid-September, weeks after most of the media started pretending that the massive quantities of oil had basically disappeared, perhaps eaten by magical microbes!

So, how is the marine life in the Gulf doing these days? Dying off, actually, thanks for asking!”

(Source: bubonickitten)

{ LINK: Alaska Wilderness League: Reject the "Mop and Bucket" Brigade in America's Arctic Ocean }

firstly:

• if you cannot do this, passing it around is still very helpful.
• the “prefix” box on the form is pretty binarist — i think they’ve gotta do it that way because all the email form things for the government people are that way.  not sure though.  if you do not want to participate in this campaign, but you do want to send a message to the target recipient (James Bennett, BOEM Chief, Department of Interior), here is their contact info.
• i don’t know much about Alaska Wilderness League as an organization (yet another relic of when i signed up for shit without investigating).  i’ve googled them but that’s it.  i know i need to investigate more deeply but i’d like to get this out first.

now the blurb:

The Deepwater Horizon disaster is less than a year behind us. The oil industry is looking to stretch its tentacles into new territory – America’s Arctic Ocean – without the technology or know-how to clean up a spill in the Arctic’s extreme conditions. Yet Shell Oil continues to claim that drilling in America’s Arctic Ocean is safe, boldly suggesting that they could clean up more oil than in the temperate Gulf Coast waters. 

As the oil industry pushes to drill in America’s Arctic Ocean, we must remind the Obama administration that we can no longer rely on the oil industry’s “mop and bucket” brigades to protect our irreplaceable natural treasures. Tell the Obama administration to prevent dangerous new drilling.