'Well, could we get some respirators or something, because that s--t is bad.' He said, 'No, that wouldn't look good to the media.' Last month, BP CEO Dudley told the
annual BP shareholders meeting in London that
Corexit "is effectively ... dishwashing soap." But the
Louisiana Environmental Action Network's scientific adviser,
Wilma Subra, a chemist whose work on environmental pollution had won her a "genius grant" from the MacArthur Foundation, told state and federal authorities at the time that she was especially concerned about the mixture of crude and Corexit. Flashforward to 2013, the
civil trial against BP is underway, and an
investigative reporter talks about the cover-up in a long article at Newsweek. (
Previously,
previouslier,
more previouslier)
posted by spamandkimchi
on May 2, 2013 -
71 comments
Although some claim
most of the oil is gone, and
new tests for dispersants say seafood and people are
safe, the reality is of course
much different.
However,
an investigation by an Al Jazeera online correspondent finds toxic illnesses linked to BP oil dispersants along the Gulf coast.
Trisha Springstead is a registered nurse of 36 years who lives and works in Brooksville, Florida. "What I'm seeing are toxified people who have been chemically poisoned," she said, "They have sore throats, respiratory problems, neurological problems, lesions, sores, and ulcers. These people have been poisoned and they are dying. Drugs aren’t going to help these people. They need to be detoxed."
posted by agregoli
on Oct 30, 2010 -
31 comments
Unf**k the Gulf has lots of swearing, lots, they're mad as f**k and are not going to take it anymore. Spend 13 on a Tee and 5 go to unf**king the gulf.
posted by dabitch
on Jul 23, 2010 -
36 comments
The Oil Spill Commission held its first hearing on the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico Monday at the New Orleans Hilton. During the public comment portion, local residents came forward to tell their own stories of loss and fear and frustration over the oil spill and the moratorium.
When words failed, music prevailed.
posted by nola
on Jul 13, 2010 -
12 comments
On May 10th, 2010 ExxonMobile had an oil spill in Nigeria Delta. It is somewhere around the
16th worst oil spill in [wikipedia reported] world history, at
95,000 tonnes (696,350 barrels or 214,475,800 gallons).
Nigeria's agony dwarfs the Gulf oil spill. The US and Europe ignore it. Oil spills are a regular occurrence in Nigeria, about 300 a year, it is estimated over the past 50 years about 1.5 million tons have been dumped in the Delta, equivalent to the Gulf War oil spill (the largest spill on record) or 50+ Exxon Valdez.
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posted by stbalbach
on May 30, 2010 -
50 comments
Gulf Oil Spill "Out of Control" New estimates of the BP oil spill have it spilling out 25,000 barrels of oil a day, far higher than the original estimates of as low as 1,000. NOAA fears that it could get to as high as
50,000 barrels a day. Alabama's governor, said they are planning for a worst case scenario of
150,000 barrels (6,000,000 gallons) a day. That's an Exxon-Valdez every two days and
a fix may be months away. The question now may not be whether this is
Obama's Katrina, but whether it's his
Chernobyl.
posted by empath
on May 2, 2010 -
386 comments
The fire is out on the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon. But since the rig sank last Thursday, Coast Guard officials believe about 13,000 gallons (7,400 bbl) of crude oil per day is coming out of the exploratory hole drilled by the rig, about
41 miles offshore from Plaquemines Parish, LA. "An early suggestion that damage would be minimal because the fire was consuming most of the fuel 'does have the potential to change,' BP official David Rainey told the
New York Times."
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posted by toodleydoodley
on Apr 26, 2010 -
99 comments
Keep driving your Hummer guilt free, thanks to BP BP announced today a new program that will allow drivers to maintain carbon-neutral without changing their driving habits or make of car. The program, called "Target Neutral" is a web-initiative that allows drivers to cancel out their carbon emissions by funding renewable energy and green technology ventures out of their own pockets -- carbon credit offsets in their simplest form.
Interesting to note that BP's big announcement is on the heels of news reports out of Washington yesterday that the Environmental Protection Agency along with two other federal departments will be involved in an investigation into BP's Alaskan operations and it's Aug.9th oil pipe leak.
posted by jacob hauser
on Aug 22, 2006 -
35 comments
