BP’s Problems Are More Than 6 Inches Deep
BP keeps shooting itself in the foot with bad decisions and shady practices, even at a time when they have the opportunity to quickly strive for public trust. From its already backed-up victim compensation program to its regulations regarding public beach accessibility, BP continues to try and take blame for the Gulf Oil Spill without actually dealing with the full repercussions.
In a supposedly generous offer by BP, attorney Kenneth Feinberg has decided that BP will not be subtracting the funds paid to BP clean-up crews from their victim compensation for the damages from the spill. In other words, BP… Continue reading
England Shows Obama a Yellow Card
WORLD CUP PREDICTION:
USA Defeats ENGLAND in FINAL: 2-1
UK Fueling Tension
The Times of London published a cartoon depicting U.S. President Barack Obama kicking a soccer ball, represented by the BP logo, and wearing a U.S. soccer jersey with some politically charged text.
The jersey Obama wears is possibly the most significant comment the piece makes. It reads, “Sponsored by mid term elections inc.”
A majority of Americans were unhappy with Obama’s response to the BP oil spill crisis. In response, he took a strong stand against BP and demanded they step up in their… Continue reading
Illegal Immigrants Helping with BP Oil Spill: WHO CARES?
A New Orleans sheriff requested that federal officials investigate the crews of workers cleaning up the BP oil spill to find out if any of them are illegal immigrants.
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Birds in Peril: The Toxic Effect of BP’s Oil
Tony Hayward agrees we should kill the birds that have been soaked in oil instead of traumatically cleaning them and releasing them back into the wild.
Unlike Hayward’s previous comments that got him into trouble, this one has some merit. According to biologist Silvia Gaus in an article from Treehugger, the birds that become soaked in oil have a 1% chance of survival. In past spills, birds that were cleaned and then released back into the wild died within approximately 7 days.
To make things worse, the process of capturing the birds and cleaning them is… Continue reading
Success for BP: Capturing 10,000 Barrels of Oil Per Day
Over the weekend, signs of progress finally surfaced around the BP Oil Spill and the efforts to stop its flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico; 4 Coastal States Brace for Impact.
- Plaquemines Parish, La., Friday, June 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)