No one dead this time; relatively shallow water-
This well was in production, unlike the Deepwater Horizon, BP disaster. It tells me that major oil pollution might have become a permanent feature of the Gulf of Mexico.
Oil sheen spreading from Gulf platform explosion. By Alan Levin and Julie […]
Continue Reading →Documents shows all judges had ties to the oil industry-
So do we have a problem with the neutrality of our federal courts? The judge of the original jurisdiction in Louisiana’s federal district court who rejected the moratorium was loaded down with oil and gas stocks too.
Fortunately, the Administration said the Interior Department would […]
Continue Reading →27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells, many probably leaking and more capable-
Gov’t and oil companies ignore them-
Gulf Awash In 27,000 Abandoned Oil And Gas Wells. By Jeff Donn and Mitch Weiss. Associated Press (reproduced in the Huffington Post)
I think many Americans are trying to ignore this ongoing disaster, but it […]
Continue Reading →Will hurricanes add to the on-going unnatural disaster?
Hurricane season begins June 1, and its peak is late August when the the relief wells might have finally stopped the oil gusher. Hurricane Season Raises New Fears. By Kenneth Chang. New York Times.
I recall that last year the hurricane season was quite mild in […]
Continue Reading →My opinion is the “spill” could be a gift to bring down the Cheneys, oil companies, “drill baby drill”-
With a huge natural disaster there is political danger, but also political opportunity. For the people living on the Gulf, and the fish and wildlife, it is all downside. For the President there is a mighty […]
Continue Reading →Six month moratorium on new deep water well permits; lease auctions off Virginia and Alaska coast put in suspension. Partial ban on new spuds-
There is finally action by the Administration on oil leases and permits to drill in various places off-shore. It is expected that today the President will announce there will be […]
Continue Reading →Scientists Find Giant Plumes of Oil Forming Under the Gulf-
Past oil spills have always been on the surface. So we tend to think of measuring their size that way (by overhead photography). However this oil gushing out of the deep and much not coming to the surface. Huge underwater plumes are present unseen and […]
Continue Reading →The chemical dispersants BP is dumping in the Gulf of Mexico are a cosmetic solution only. And they’re toxic.
By Joseph Romm.
Salon Magazine.
AND MORE MALFEASANCE
U.S. exempted BP’s Gulf of Mexico drilling from environmental impact study. By Juliet Eilperin. Washington Post […]
Continue Reading →Also, any impact on hurricane season?
The oil gusher will last into the hurricane season, and at some point it is likely to drift into the Gulf of Mexico’s Loop Current which will take it out of the Gulf, onto Florida’s east cost and up the Eastern Seaboard of the United States.
Story: Could […]
Continue Reading →Oh yes, let’s drill for a lot more off-shore oil. They have great, green technology now!
Although this Administration is not responsible for this huge oil leak, it highlights their boneheaded policy of greatly expanded off-shore drilling. It looks like this could be almost as bad as the 1989 Alaska catastrophe with the Exxon […]
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