Day: July 16, 2010

British Petroleum, Control the Information, Democracy, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Oil Spill

BP Silencing Scientists in the Gulf Coast, Hiring Them For Legal Defense

The Mobile Press-Register reported today that for the past three weeks, British Petroleum has been making the rounds to top universities in the Gulf Region offering scientists lucrative contracts and signing bonuses to become part of BP’s legal defense team.  The company has approached scientists at Louisiana State, Mississippi State and Texas A&M Universities among others, and many scientists, with their lab’s government funding so … Continue reading BP Silencing Scientists in the Gulf Coast, Hiring Them For Legal Defense

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British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Oil Spill, Thad Allen

BP, when you live by the lie, you die by the lie…

So British Petroleum stopped the oil flow from the well… “It’s a (expletive) lie,” shouted Stephon LaFrance, one of several oil-stained oyster harvesters standing around Delta Marina in marshy Plaquemines Parish. “I don’t believe they stopped that leak. BP’s trying to make their self look good.” “It doesn’t mean anything,” Craig St. Amant said as he tried to sell tours to passers-by on Bourbon Street … Continue reading BP, when you live by the lie, you die by the lie…

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British Petroleum, Gulf Coast, Plug The Leak

Update: Pressure inside the well at 6700 and rising says BP

Ed Note: Since that initial score, the well pressure has not gone above 7000 psi, though the scientists analyzing data say this might not be caused by leaks and could be a result of generalized pressure loss in the well…analysis will continue for the next 24 hours… From the Times Picayune: Pressure inside the blown out Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico is at about … Continue reading Update: Pressure inside the well at 6700 and rising says BP

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British Petroleum, Gulf Coast, Oil Spill

Before We Get Too Happy With Ourselves BP, Take A Look At Raccoon Island

In one of the largest nesting areas for seabird off the Louisiana Coast, the oil has come ashore. At least 300 brown pelicans and hundreds of terns have been seen with everything from spots of oil to complete coverage…all of it fatal as even spots prevent the birds from regulating their body temperature. These bird are not reflected in the federal count of killed wildlife … Continue reading Before We Get Too Happy With Ourselves BP, Take A Look At Raccoon Island

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