This post is a bit dated, but nonetheless important if you missed it the first time around. Clint Guidry represents all shrimpers in Southeastern Louisiana as he is the Shrimp Harvester Representative on the Louisiana Shrimp Task Force that was created by the state’s governor. He lives in Laffite, Louisiana and refuses to work for BP because he’s worked in the oil industry before and … Continue reading Have you met Clint Guidry yet? You should…
A great comprehensive article from the Gambit covering all aspects of the journalists’ plight in Southern Louisiana…an article that appears to think reporters are still having some troubles with access to the Gulf…craziness, perhaps we should just ask the big guys…the men in charge what the truth really is: Thad Allen issued this statement: “I put out a written directive and I can provide it … Continue reading But Thad Allen Gave Me A Backstage Pass…
In hearings yesterday on Capitol Hill, Gale Norton, Secretary of the Interior under Bush, said no one anticipated such a large oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Accompanied by Dirk Kempthorne, who succeeded Norton when she resigned in ’06, he affirmed that nobody did, not Congress, not the President, not the oil companies, no one. Okay…so, don’t blame it all on Bush, it’s Obama’s … Continue reading Yeah, and no one anticipated the breach of the levees, either
The British Petroleum Oil Spill Catastraphuk has been about the bottom line for this company, from April 20th to the present time and keeping this in mind, it would appear the relief wells are taking too long to finish. According to BP they estimate the relief wells won’t be ready to seal the well permanently until early August and this is presenting them with a … Continue reading The Static Kill…BP’s latest attempt to avoid a flow count..er, seal the well
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