06 Tuesday Jul 2010
Posted in BP, Deepwater Horizon, Environment, Gulf Oil Spill
University of California-Davis marine biologist and toxicologist Dr. Chris Pincetich explains the far-reaching effects of the massive use of the dispersant Corexit in the Gulf of Mexico.
“ We are producing an experiment in the Gulf, the likes of which no one has ever seen.”
16 Wednesday Jun 2010
Posted in BP, Deepwater Horizon, Energy, Environment, Gulf Oil Spill
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Bill Nelson, BP, BP's rules, CBS, cleanup, Coast Guard, Corexit, dead dolphin, DHS, dispersant, EPA, FAA, Fisheries, journalists, Louisiana, Mac McClelland, Mother Jones, oil spill, OSHA, respirators, Southern Seaplane, Wildlife
I have an idea to help pay for the oil spill cleanup. The Feds can sell corporate sponsorships, like sports arenas and stadiums do. The government agencies involved are already doing BP’s bidding at every turn thus far, they might as well bring in some revenue to help defray the costs.
There’s the BP/EPA, who ordered that a less toxic dispersant than Corexit be used—almost a month ago. Corexit is still being dumped in the Gulf.
There’s BP/OSHA who said that cleanup workers don’t need respirators, despite increasing reports of illness. No respirators are needed because BP’s own air quality tests said there’s no need. Case closed.
There’s the BP/Coast Guard who threatened to arrest CBS journalists who were trying to cover the spill’s damage. “BP’s rules.”
There’s the BP/FAA, who denied Southern Seaplane permission to fly over the affected areas when they found out a photojournalist was on board.
There’s the BP/DHS, who told Senator Bill Nelson that there would be no journalists allowed on a trip he was taking on a BP/Coast Guard vessel.
Finally there’s the BP/Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries whose employee told Mac McClelland of Mother Jones that he had to leave Isle Grand Terre, LA because “WE don’t need this on camera.”
“This” meaning this; a beach covered in oil with no cleanup crew in sight:
And a dead dolphin.
The way I see it, if all these agencies are going to be BP’s bitches, they may as well get paid for it.
22 Saturday May 2010
Posted in BP, Deepwater Horizon, Environment, Gulf Oil Spill
Tags
BP, Corexit, dispersant, EPA
Just who’s in charge here? The EPA tells BP to use a “less toxic” dispersant. BP’s response? Screw you:
“BP has told the Environmental Protection Agency that it cannot find a safe, effective and available dispersant to use instead of Corexit, and will continue to use that chemical application to help break up the growing spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
BP was responding to an EPA directive Thursday that gave BP 24 hours to identify a less toxic alternative to Corexit — and 72 hours to start using it — or provide the Coast Guard and EPA with a “detailed description of the alternative dispersants investigated, and the reason they believe those products did not meet the required standards.”
BP spokesman Scott Dean said Friday that BP had replied with a letter “that outlines our findings that none of the alternative products on the EPA’s National Contingency Plan Product Schedule list meets all three criteria specified in yesterday’s directive for availability, toxicity and effectiveness.”
Dean noted that “Corexit is an EPA pre-approved, effective, low-toxicity dispersant that is readily available, and we continue to use it.”
Your move, EPA.
20 Thursday May 2010
Posted in BP, Deepwater Horizon, Environment, Gulf Oil Spill, Politics
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BP, Corexit, Deepwater Horizon, Department of the Interior, dispersant, Environmental Protection Agency, Gulf of Mexico, Lisa P. Jackson, Minerals Management Service, oil spill
If we’ve learned anything at all from this Deepwater Horizon disaster, it’s the complete incompetence of every government agency anywhere near this cluster****. From the Department of the Interior, to the Minerals Management Service, and now extending to the EPA( Environmental Protection Agency), or should that be the CPA ( Corporate Protection Agency). It would be funny if the consequences weren’t so dire.
“The Environmental Protection Agency informed BP officials late Wednesday that the company has 24 hours to choose a less toxic form of chemical dispersants to break up its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to government sources familiar with the decision, and must apply the new form of dispersants within 72 hours of submitting the list of alternatives.
The move is significant, because it suggests federal officials are now concerned that the unprecedented use of chemical dispersants could pose a significant threat to the Gulf of Mexico’s marine life. BP has been using two forms of dispersants, Corexit 9500A and Corexit 9527A, and so far has applied 600,000 gallons on the surface and 55,000 underwater.”
NOW they’re concerned? After 655,000 gallons of this crap have been dumped into the Gulf? It gets better (or worse). Apparently the EPA relied on BP’s own testing before giving the OK:
“After BP conducted three rounds of testing, federal officials approved the use of underwater dispersants late last week…”
So the EPA didn’t see a problem with letting BP test and then dump an unprecedented amount of dispersant into the Gulf of Mexico? Dispersant purchased from a company whose board of directors includes an 11-year member of the board at BP?
Add the name Lisa P. Jackson, EPA administrator, to the list of those who should be fired.
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