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BP oil spill
Rand Paul on BP’s mess: ‘Accidents happen’
Rand Paul, Kentucky’s new Republican Senate candidate, has a decidedly minority view of the current Gulf oil mess. On “Good Morning America” this morning he said: What I don’t like from the president’s administration is this sort of ‘I’ll put my boot heel on the throat of BP.’ I think that sounds really un-American in … Continue reading
Oil (in the wrong place) is not healthy
The message here, as I first saw it, is that the BP oil now drifting in the Gulf is hazardous to everything living there. Others, however, have interpreted this more generally, as a blanket condemnation of oil in our society. What do you think?
What a reasonable person would do
I just heard BP will start spraying oil dispersant under water, “something that hasn’t been done before,” according to the report. Is it just me, or is everything BP tries to do to stop their oil flow “unprecedented,” “never tried before,” “experimental,” “untested at this depth,” “new,” etc. It’s almost as though no one, anywhere … Continue reading
BP leak not bad enough to stop Shell in Alaska
Shell Oil today received permission from U.S. federal court to go ahead with their plans to drill five exploratory wells off the Alaska coasts. According to The Huffington Post: Shell’s Chukchi exploration plan concluded that a large oil spill, such as a release from a blowout, would be rare. MMS agreed and said the probability … Continue reading
Just a flesh wound …
… a 210,000-gallon-a-day flesh wound: Today BP finally released video of their spewing 21″ wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico. The brown effluent is oil, still flowing at the rate mentioned above. The white effluent is presumed to be gas, which dissipates as it rises. Never fear. Today BP is lowering its “top hat” to … Continue reading
Deepwater Horizon gone, photos still emerging
I just came across these photos, reportedly of the Deepwater Horizon burning and sinking in the Gulf of Mexico (click on photos to enlarge). They were credited to a DOE employee. Even with pictures like these, it’s difficult to imagine how big the platform was, or that it could have been there at all, or … Continue reading
Pointing fingers don’t cap wells
Surprise, surprise. Oil is still gushing into the Gulf of Mexico at the rate of 210,000 gallons a day, but the responsible parties seem more concerned with blaming each other than shutting off the oil. BP, Transocean, Halliburton — knock it off!! The only thing you should be thinking about right now is capping your … Continue reading
Almost Mother’s Day
A least tern tends her eggs on a Mississippi beach, one of many U.S. beaches directly threatened by oil drifting in the Gulf of Mexico.
Like a gun aimed straight at the river
This is NOAA’s latest trajectory forecast for the Gulf oil leak. It’s difficult to imagine a straighter line between BP’s Deepwater Horizon site and the mouth of the Mississippi River. Somehow, with river currents and prevailing winds and currents in the Gulf, this is the last course I expected. A larger map is available at … Continue reading
Vital bird refuges threatened by Gulf oil spill
Visit the American Bird Conservancy website for more information.
Go here to urge Obama moratorium on offshore drilling
It’s easy to send a quick letter to President Obama urging him to put a moratorium on all new offshore drilling, leasing, and exploration (not just in the Gulf of Mexico) until the causes of the Deepwater Horizon disaster are known and future dangers thoroughly understood. The National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has an editable … Continue reading
Cafferty read my comment on the air — and I missed it!
Jack Cafferty does several brief commentaries on CNN every afternoon, and at the end of each, invites comments from viewers. About 50 minutes later, he reads some of the comments on the air (presumably those he or his staff like best). At 4 pm (MDT) today, he was talking about the big oil spill in … Continue reading
‘You can’t keep doing this kind of stuff …’
From an AP story about the BP oil spill now threatening our Gulf Coast: Idling his 28-foot charter boat in the lee of Louisiana’s pristine Chandeleur Islands, Bob Kenney looked over the gunwales to see dozens of dead baby jellyfish floating along the hull. … “You know change is a-comin’ after this, bro,” he said, … Continue reading
How you can help clean up the Gulf oil spill
Clean locks of hair, fur, feathers, and washed nylons can be used to help clean up the Gulf oil spill. From these materials, an organization called Matter of Trust makes hair mats and booms that have proven extremely effective in absorbing oil and cleaning spill sites. The mats were invented by hair stylist Phil McCrory … Continue reading
Closing the barn door after the oil’s out
Most of what I know about offshore drilling, I’ve learned in the last 10 days or so, thanks to BP (British Petroleum) and the news media. And I’ve already posted several times about BP and their current oil “spill” (more like a wide-open, gushing tap) in the Gulf of Mexico. I have several questions for … Continue reading
Offshore drilling: Reaping the whirlwind
BP’s collapsed, leaking oil rig was a disaster waiting to happen –and there are 4,000 more active drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Continue reading
Exxon Valdez: The nightmare returns
It was obvious from the beginning: BP’s Gulf oil spill would be more damaging than Alaska’s 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster. Continue reading
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