The settlement between British Petroleum and the Plaintiff Steering Committee has been reported to be $7.8 billion dollars, and also without a cap. This means that when all is said and done, if the settlement amount exceeds this monetary figure, well…so be it as British Petroleum has maintained the $7.8 billion dollar amount is only an estimate…could…
Tag: Gulf of Mexico
If everything’s so good, why then is…
…the parking lot empty at DoRan Seafood? One of the largest employers of Independence, Louisiana, the DoRan seafood processing plant is mostly shut down, “Usually in October, this time of year we usually run about 10 to 12 hours a day, five days a week, with about 40 to 50 employees,” said the owner, Randy…
Taking BP’s word for it…
Is it arrogance? What possesses people in charge of a corporation to dispel rumors of a newly leaking wellhead by simply saying the wellhead is no longer leaking without providing video proof? Especially when that company is responsible for unleashing the worst environmental disaster in this country. Especially when that company has been less than…
Dolphins, Turtles, Red Snapper…and now, sand dollars and starfish…
Most everybody’s aware by now there were an abnormal amount of dead dolphin calves washing ashore this year, as well as a much larger than usual number of turtles dying, and there is of course the red snapper, with the NOAA recommending if fishermen catch the fish, or any other kinds of fish with lesions,…
The Red Snapper…what am I supposed to make of this?
Over the course of a week, it would appear a very interesting development has occurred regarding Red Snapper caught off the shore of Alabama…and it’s all got me a bit confused. Last week, in the Pensacola News Journal, the NOAA was warning anglers that some fish are sick and may pose health problems if handled…
Feinberg Finds a Friend…Harlon Pearce
Sen. Mary Landrieu conducted a recent roundtable discussion, the purpose of which was to get to the bottom of what is going on with the claims process for small business…and something strange happened. Feinberg found a friend. And that new friend is none other than Louisiana Seafood Promotion & Marketing Board Chairman Harlon Pearce. Though…
So, they’ll get it right this time? Oil spills, mine disasters, levees and forgetfulness…
It would appear a pattern is developing in this great land of ours. Simply put, we begin with a tragedy, then we have an investigation which discovers the governmental agencies designed to prevent such tragedies either fell down on the job or didn’t care, and even worse, the fail-safe for the agency that didn’t do…
So which is it…BP drills again or no? Permits or no? Vitter’s an idiot or no?
BP says this, the government says that…and then, David Vitter says what? According to two British newspapers, the Financial Times and the Sunday Times, British Petroleum could be coming back to the Gulf this July…or will they? A government spokeswoman said the government had reached no agreement and no permits are in the offing, but…
BP certainly has a way with the catchphrase…a personal thanks to Bob
Remember these old hits? Tony Hayward says he “wants his life back?” Or how about that now infamous slogan of British Petroleum’s concerning all things oil spill, that pledge to”make things right.” Well, as someone who blogs about these subjects, these two statements gave me a lot of mileage. They were tailor-made, a way to…
As problems persist in the Gulf, listening ain’t hearing…
Several meetings over two days, 2-300 people a meeting and so many, overwhelmingly critical of the GCCF’s Kenneth Feinberg who stood in front of everyone and extended his empathy, said he was doing the best he could, repeatedly said he would check into it, look it up, see what he could do while at the…
