Archive for the 'Environment' Category
Cracks Show BP Battled Well Two Months Before Blast
June 18th, 2010Via: Bloomberg: BP Plc was struggling to seal cracks in its Macondo well as far back as February, more than two months before an explosion killed 11 and spewed oil into the Gulf of Mexico. It took 10 days to plug the first cracks, according to reports BP filed with the Minerals Management Service that […]
BP Chose Riskier, Cheaper Casing for Well
June 13th, 2010Via: Reuters: BP Plc installed a type of cement casing on its now-ruptured undersea well that it knew ran the risk of leaking gases in order to save money, The New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing a BP document it received from a congressional investigator. Workers from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and the […]
Japan Bribed Small Nations with Cash, Prostitutes to Gain Support for Whaling
June 13th, 2010For your news-not-news file folder. Via: Times: A SUNDAY TIMES investigation has exposed Japan for bribing small nations with cash and prostitutes to gain their support for the mass slaughter of whales. The undercover investigation found officials from six countries were willing to consider selling their votes on the International Whaling Commission (IWC). The revelations […]
The Oil Spills You’ve Never Heard Of
June 13th, 2010Via: The Star: Deepwater Horizon. Exxon Valdez. How many other oil spills can you name? Perhaps some Canadian accidents stick in the mind. There was the 41.8 million gallons that leaked from the American tanker Odyssey off Nova Scotia in 1988, and the 42,000 gallons that gushed from the Petro Canada-owned Terra Nova platform in […]
BP NOW BURNING THE OIL ON THE SURFACE
June 12th, 2010The article below states that BP, “Plans to burn hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil.” They have already started burning the oil. The latest Big Picture includes this image from the U.S. Coast Guard: I found this photo on a KATU.com gallery. This woman has the right idea: Whether or not that mask will […]
FAA Imposes Flight Restrictions Over Oil Spill Area
June 12th, 2010In other words, no media related aircraft below 3000 feet. Via: FAA: All aircraft operations are prohibited except those flights authorized by ATC, routine flights supporting offshore oil operations; federal, state, local and military flight operations supporting oil spill recovery and reconstitution efforts; and air medical and law enforcement operations.
CNN on Media Blackout on Oil Spill
June 12th, 2010Very poor audio quality. Via: CNN / YouTube:
Obama “Let the World’s Most Dangerous Oil Company Get Away with Murder”
June 11th, 2010Via: Rolling Stone: On May 27th, more than a month into the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, Barack Obama strode to the podium in the East Room of the White House. For weeks, the administration had been insisting that BP alone was to blame for the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf – and […]
Oil Spill May Cost $4.3 Billion in Property Values
June 11th, 2010Via: Bloomberg: BP Plc’s oil spill may drive down the Gulf Coast’s shore-area property values by 10 percent for at least three years, according to CoStar Group Inc. Losses may total $4.3 billion along the 600-mile (966- kilometer) stretch from the Louisiana bayous to Clearwater, Florida, the property-information service estimates. “It’s just another blow to […]
Musical Chairs with Peter Sutherland
June 11th, 2010Goldman Sachs Sold $250 Million of BP Stock Before Spill: The brokerage firm that’s faced the most scrutiny from regulators in the past year over the shorting of mortgage related securities seems to have had good timing when it came to something else: the stock of British oil giant BP. According to regulatory filings, RawStory.com […]
