That’s right, yours truly got an E-mail from Barack Obama. I knew some people were reading this blog, but not even I considered it all that important, it was just something to do with all the anger I was feeling about the Gulf, all the powerlessness. I mean, had to be able to do something, right? Some place to vent this all out, let it … Continue reading Obama Wrote Me An E-mail, Yes, I’m That Important
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
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…
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
From the Times -Picayune: There was no oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico this afternoon after BP crews managed to shut in the leaking Macondo well. The company is now conducting a “well integrity test” to determine if the well can remain closed until it can be permanently shut with cement next month. The test will last anywhere from 6 to 48 hours, during which time scientists … Continue reading Update: Oil Well is Closed, Integrity Test Begins
“The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is hoarding vast amounts of raw data that independent marine researchers say could help both the public and scientists better understand the extent of the damage being caused by the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico,” begins the article by Dan Froomkin in the Huffington Post, and of course…though non-industry connected scientists and the public do … Continue reading Not Your Information…NOAA Withholds from Public, Shares With BP
Ed Note: Latest news this morning as of 6:30am, the cap has been shut down again due to what BP claims on their website is a leaking choke valve. They plan to repair it and begin the stress tests again…oh, goody. Ed Note 2: At 1:45 pm, Thursday, BP stated they have fixed the leak and have begun the integrity test of the well, … Continue reading The New Well Cap, What Could Go Wrong? Apparently, Everything…
“We are like laboratory rats down here, they spray it at night ( Corexit). We see the planes…” Not much to add here, not much for me to say…listen to a Louisiana fisherman tell it in his own words: Have a nice day Continue reading Meet Dean Blanchard, by way of Gulf Coast Impact
Welcome one, welcome all! The game is called the Presidential Oil Spill Commission and this episode features the use of Dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico Catastraphuk. The people had their day to complain to the commission earlier in the week, questioning the wisdom of using such harsh chemicals in the Gulf when long-range effects were unknown…but today is another day…this showdown is between the … Continue reading Conversation ‘Bout Dispersants, Presidential Oil Spill Comission Style – The Rundown
Great article I haven’t seen in too many places, but remember Bobby’s sand berm’s, his…I ain’t going to listen to no stupid scientists, I’m going to build ’em anyway, I am the governor of Louisiana and future President so I know what I’m doing, take charge moment? Yeah, the construction equipment being used to build the things is sinking faster than they can pour on … Continue reading Jindal’s Sand Berms Already Washing Away
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