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  • At one point during his remarks, the video switches to the photograph of an oil-soaked bird as Obama says, "This was the moment when the rise of the ocean began to slow and our planet began to heal."

    Ad of the day: Angle goes after Obama ahead of campaign visit Emi Kolawole 2010

  • To solve the problem, I had pretty good luck with the same stuff they've been using on oil-soaked sea birds after the gulf oil spill: Dawn dishwashing liquid.

    Chat Leftovers: Hide the bottle Jane Touzalin 2010

  • As a result, oil-soaked birds and fish come to symbolize a reviled industry's heedless behavior.

    Notable & Quotable 2011

  • They hummed and I searched for something at my feet, in between the oil-soaked boards.

    Migraine Dreams Michael Parker 2011

  • The deaths, the images of oil-soaked birds, and the enormous environmental and economic tragedy they symbolize, are deeply painful to look at.

    Chas Edwards: ExxonMobil Presents: The Atlantic's Critique of Digg for Accepting BP Ads Chas Edwards 2010

  • Of course, there are rare occasions when the costs of the typically out-of-view extraction and production of the carbon-based fuels that drive modern transportation become horrifically visible: when we see, for instance, images of oil-soaked pelicans in the Gulf of Mexico, or view and listen to video of inhabitants of the Niger Delta's ravaged villages who have the misfortune of sitting atop lucrative oil deposits.

    Joseph Nevins: Flying & Activism Joseph Nevins 2010

  • Billy Nungesser, the president of oil-soaked Plaquemines Parish, La., and a frequent critic of BP's and the government's response to the Gulf of Mexico spill, said he was leaving town before the second day of sessions.

    Big Oil Touts Siphon, $1 Billion Project, As Future Solution To Deepwater Spills At Clean Gulf Conference AP 2010

  • Billy Nungesser, the president of oil-soaked Plaquemines Parish, La., and a frequent critic of BP's and the government's response to the Gulf of Mexico spill, said he was leaving town before the second day of sessions.

    Big Oil Touts Siphon, $1 Billion Project, As Future Solution To Deepwater Spills At Clean Gulf Conference AP 2010

  • Of course, there are rare occasions when the costs of the typically out-of-view extraction and production of the carbon-based fuels that drive modern transportation become horrifically visible: when we see, for instance, images of oil-soaked pelicans in the Gulf of Mexico, or view and listen to video of inhabitants of the Niger Delta's ravaged villages who have the misfortune of sitting atop lucrative oil deposits.

    Joseph Nevins: Flying & Activism Joseph Nevins 2010

  • The wildlife page had a section on what to do if you spotted an oil-soaked bird.

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