“Protesters from the Occupy movement stand at the windows of one of several buildings in a quadrangle owned by banking giant UBS in the financial district City of London November 18, 2011.
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Chevron takes blame for #Brazil oil spill
“An ongoing oil spill off the Brazilian coast occurred because Chevron underestimated the pressure in an underwater reservoir, the head of the company’s Brazil operations said Sunday.
1)Greenpeace activists protest using simulated oil to protest an oil spill in an offshore field operated by Chevron Corp, outside Chevron’s offices in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday Nov. 18, 2011. The Brazilian Federal Police on Thursday began investigating an oil spill in an offshore field operated by Chevron Corp., a leak that an environmental group alleges is far bigger than the company has stated. The leaking well is part of the Chevron-operated Frade project, located underwater off the northeastern coast of Rio de Janeiro state. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
2)An aerial view is seen of oil that seeped off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, caused by a well drilled by Chevron at Frade, on the water in Campos Basin in Rio de Janeiro state November 18, 2011. Brazilian federal police have opened a probe into U.S. oil giant Chevron over alleged pollution linked to an oil spill at its offshore Frade project, local media reported.”~Yahoo/AP
Meanwhile in #Egypt…






