Archive for the 'Environment' Category
Caught In The Oil: BP Really Doesn’t Want You To See This
June 4th, 2010Via: Boston Globe – Big Picture: A short entry – AP Photographer Charlie Riedel just filed the following images of seabirds caught in the oil slick on a beach on Louisiana’s East Grand Terre Island. As BP engineers continue their efforts to cap the underwater flow of oil, landfall is becoming more frequent, and the […]
Nuclear Option on Gulf Oil Spill? No Way, U.S. Says
June 3rd, 2010Via: New York Times: This week, with the failure of the “top kill” attempt, the buzz had grown loud enough that federal officials felt compelled to respond. Stephanie Mueller, a spokeswoman for the Energy Department, said that neither Energy Secretary Steven Chu nor anyone else was thinking about a nuclear blast under the gulf. The […]
BP Rig Atlantis “An Even Bigger Disaster In The Making”
June 3rd, 2010Via: CNN: Could things get any worse for BP? Maybe. As the oil continues to flow, some are charging that another BP operation in the Gulf is an even bigger disaster in the making. For six months, Ken Abbott managed BP’s engineering documents for “Atlantis,” BP’s deep water platform nearly 200 miles south of New […]
U.S Launches Criminal Investigation Into Oil Spill
June 2nd, 2010Ahh, like the criminal investigations into AIG and the squid. Also: BP Collects Billions in U.S. Government Contracts Obama Biggest Recipient of BP Campaign Cash Via: The Hill: The U.S. government has launched a formal criminal and civil investigation into the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday. Holder […]
Next Up for BP Oil Disaster: Hurricane Season
June 1st, 2010Via: Miami Herald: If the growing oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico isn’t contained soon – and the latest efforts suggest that’s unlikely – then the damage to the fragile region will intensify over the coming summer months as changing currents and the potential for hurricanes complicate the containment and cleanup efforts. “It’s all […]
Giant Sinkhole in Guatemala
June 1st, 2010Must see. Via: National Post: A huge sinkhole caused by a landslide due to tropical storm Agatha, in Guatemala City, on May 30, 2010. Research Credit: T
Detonating Nuclear Bomb at BP Oil Spill Site… Might Produce a Bad Result
May 31st, 2010See: Obama Sends Bomb, Mars Experts to Fix BP Oil Spill: U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu signaled his lack of confidence in the industry experts trying to control BP Plc’s leaking oil well by hand-picking a team of scientists with reputations for creative problem solving. Dispatched to Houston by President Barack Obama to deal with […]
BP Collects Billions in U.S. Government Contracts
May 31st, 2010Via: Muckety: Daniel Gross of Slate poses the question: How do we punish BP? The options he suggests – boycotting BP products, charging for the cleanup, even nationalizing the company – are less than satisfying. Here’s another possibility: How about barring BP from the federal trough? According to USASpending.gov, BP has received more than $9 […]
MATT SIMMONS: THERE’S ANOTHER, MUCH LARGER LEAK THAN THE ONE WE’RE BEING SHOWN, CALL IN THE MILITARY, NUKE THE WELL
May 30th, 2010The person who sent this wrote, “Thanks for your work, Kevin. We’re heading to the hills.” Might not be a bad idea. Via: Bloomberg: Matt Simmons, founder and chairman emeritus of Simmons & Co., talks with Bloomberg’s Mark Crumpton and Lori Rothman about BP Plc’s leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. Research Credit: […]
Top Kill Failed
May 29th, 2010Now they want to cut off the damaged riser from the well and TRY to cap it with a valve. Via: AP: BP has failed in its latest attempt to plug the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico with mud and cement, the company said Saturday. BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles said the […]
