The fall-out continues from the US government report saying that 75 per cent of the spilled oil from BP’s macondo well has gone. Scientists say it is “just not true” that the vast majority of oil from the BP spill has gone and in fact the opposite is true – that up to 75 per … Read More
Riki Ott
“Carpet bombed” dispersants act as a “delivery system” for oil
As BP prepared over the next few days to permanently seal its Macondo well, there is growing evidence that its use of dispersants is going to have severe political, ecological and legal ramifications. The political fall-out from their use intensified last week. Ed Markey, the Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce wrote to … Read More
IEA: Up to 189 Million Gallons Leaked So Far
If you talk to Riki Ott, the fisherwoman and marine biologist who has written a book about the Exxon Valdez, one of the lasting unanswered questions is just how much oil was spill from the stricken tanker. The official version is 10.8 million gallons, but Ott has always maintained the real figure was considerably higher. … Read More