U.S. Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) pounced on oil executives today with charges that all the big oil firms have nearly identical outdated emergency spill plans that reference “identical ineffective equipment.”
The plans, like the one used by BP for gulf drilling that references how to save walruses and lists a long-dead expert to call upon, reflect the industry’s inattention to the possibility of a major oil spill in the gulf or anyway.
Tags: · BP, BP oil spill, Congressional hearings, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Gulf of Mexico disaster, Oil Companies, Rep. Edward J. Markey, Rep. Fred Upton, Shell Oil Company
It’s hard to get emotional about shrimp. They don’t have sad eyes like a sea turtle. They don’t look like a helpless brown pelican covered in oil. They aren’t photogenic and the only time you see one is probably at dinner. That’s unfortunate, and not just for the tens of thousands of people who make a living off the multi-million dollar shrimp industry in the Gulf of Mexico. As crude oil creeps into Louisiana’s delicate estuaries and marshlands, shrimp – and the micro-organisms they eat – will die.
Tags: · BP Gulf Coast oil spill, BP oil spill, Gulf of Mexico disaster, Gulf of Mexico oil spill, shrimp, shrimp and oil spill, shrimping industry, tainted shrimp
Pelican before and after being washed at the International Bird Rescue Research Center, May 13, 2010
Bird rescue workers continue to await the worst effects of the oil spill in the gulf, which has yet to make landfall.
Tags: · BP oil spill, Deepwater Horizon spill, Gulf of Mexico disaster, oiled birds, wildlife rescue operations
The village of Stella, Missouri, has constructed a veterans’ memorial of attractive design in the center of the village. Read more
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