The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement issued the initial group of violations resulting from the findings of the Joint Investigation on the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill. The violations were issued as Incidents of Non-Compliance (INC); a total of 15 INCs were issued by faxed letters to BP, Transocean and Halliburton.http://www.oceanpowermagazine.net/2011/10/17/feds-allow-bp-to-bid-on-gulf-oil-leases-despite-violations-and-obstruction/ “The issuance [...]
Despite the fact that the federal government issued citations against BP that said it failed to protect safety and the environment in regards to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill disaster (trial date February 2012), they are allowing the company to bid for new oil drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico. Michael Bromwich, the head [...]
“We are trying to help citizens of our community who provided work for BP in their oil clean-up operations. They were given a job, required to sign a contract, and as the suit alleges, were not paid in full for their services.”
The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved over $6 million to Alabama small businesses suffering financial losses following the April 20 Deepwater BP Oil Spill that shut down commercial and recreational fishing along the state’s southeast coast. “We think there are a substantial number of businesses that continue to experience financial distress due to the [...]
Residual oil and chemicals from BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster pose substantial ongoing risks to birds that breed or nest along hard-hit areas of the Louisiana coast, according to new National Audubon Society field surveys. Audubon science teams found plentiful birds that appeared both resilient and loyal to their normal habitats as the tragedy’s six-month anniversary approached. But Audubon warns that the future of birds and the ecosystems they represent remains uncertain because oil and other threats are still too close for comfort.
The American education system is clearly broken…Is it any wonder when a corporation is allowed to present their corporate propaganda as objective science in Louisiana classrooms, and with the Federal Government (i.e. NOAA) and local governments complicit in the “brainwashing”! Their message in a nutshell: OIL IS GOOD; Eat the seafood which has been exposed to contaminants of all kinds-for which no one knows the long term effects; We stepped up to the plate in the disaster, but it wasn’t our fault!
Below is the press release that was issued by BP regarding their internal investigation of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill tragedy. They are willing to admit to “some” blame but the report concludes that several companies and work teams were at fault.
A report issued by key environmental and scientific federal agencies assesses the increasing prevalence of low-oxygen “dead zones” in U.S. coastal waters and outlines a series of research and policy steps that could help reverse the decades-long trend.
An explosion has torn through an offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of Deepwater Horizon rig which sank and caused the largest oil spill disaster in U.S. history
The energy giant said it was no longer planning to try and win an exploration licence in Greenland, , Britain’s Guardian daily said. ”We are not participating in the bid round,” a spokesman for the British firm told the paper without giving details on why the decision was taken. This news comes as the Scottish exploration [...]
Scientists funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have detected a plume of hydrocarbons at least 22 miles long and more than 3,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, a residue of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill
BP has announced significant progress in its half-billion dollar pledge to the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GRI). Three research institutions in the Gulf region will receive a total of $25 million in fast-track funding for high-priority studies of the distribution, composition and ecological interactions of oil and dispersant. On May 24 BP announced a [...]
BP CEO Tony Hayward was on Capitol Hill yesterday, where he was testifying before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on “The Role of BP in the Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill.” Although it was quite a spectacle watching Hayward arrogantly dodge questions from lawmakers, the show was literally stolen by Rep. [...]
President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to complete the membership of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling: Frances G. Beinecke, Member, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling Donald Boesch, Member, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon [...]
Admiral Thad Allen provided the following update via a news conference in Washington, this morning:
The United States government has hosted two science summits to address and coordinate the federal response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, the latest of which was held last Thursday, May 28th. The Consortium for Ocean Leadership will convene a third meeting at Louisiana State University (LSU) on Thursday, June 3, 2010 in Baton Rouge, [...]
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