Whilst the media have been focussing on the untested nature of the 4 story dome or “cofferdam” that is going to be lowered over BP’s spill at the sea bed, its use of dispersant is also coming under scrutiny. Alarmingly, according to the dispersant manufacturer, no toxicity tests have been conducted on this product. The … Read More
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Tar Sands Lobby Tries to Exploit Spill
I was talking to a colleague who works on oil issues yesterday about the Gulf of Mexico spill. As we chewed over the unfolding disaster, he said “the trouble is that the spill might make Canada’s tar sands more attractive for American politicians.” Right on cue, hours later another colleague sent an article from the … Read More
BP: “This was not our accident”
In the middle of potentially America’s worst environmental disaster, BP is attempting to squarely shift the blame for the Deepwater Horizon disaster from itself to Transocean. As BP’s CEO Tony Hayward prepares to meet key Congressmen in Washington today, you can see part of BP‘s PR strategy in play with the simple message: We are … Read More
“What the hell did we do to deserve this?”
“What the hell did we do to deserve this?” is the question, baby-faced BP CEO Tony Hayward apparently asked his stunned fellow BP executives as they saw billions wiped off the company’s share price due to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The reason for the shareholder panic is that much more oil is escaping … Read More
Obama’s Foolish Move
Less than a month ago, Barack Obama told us he wants to open 167 million acres of America’s continental shelf to oil drilling. At the time, he promised the nation that we have the technology to do this in a safe, clean and environmentally sound manner. Now, before the “April Fool” window has closed, we … Read More
BP spill: “Burn Baby Burn” is all they have
The latest estimates from BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are that the amount of oil escaping from the sunken rig is much worse than previously thought. Yesterday the estimates were 1,000 barrels a day. Today that has been revised to 5,000 after a new leak was discovered.