Archive for the 'environment' Category
Reminder: Gulf of Mexico Oil Disaster is Ongoing
we just have a little media blackout oh look shiny thing!
Read More..>>It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
“Here we go!” my mom said excitedly as we all sat down for dinner this past weekend.
“Whaddya mean ‘here we go’?” I asked.
“It’s our first electric bill since we installed solar panels,” mom replied, as she tore open the envelope. “YES!!” she shouted, pumping her fist in the air. “THIRTY-FIVE DOLLARS!”
“What does the bill usually [...]
Thank You Kindra Arnesen for Exposing BP’s Lies
Via Susie:
What BP is claiming is that if fishermen choose not to talk part in the oil spill cleanup, BP will consider that as potential income declined and deduct it from their claims.
In other words, if you didn’t want to risk your health and expose yourself to their toxic waste, you’re going to suffer financially [...]
A Response to “Fuck You, Us”.
Sex Pistols, “No One Is Innocent”
Alex: “And fuck you, us. We’re the ones consuming all that oil.”
You’ll have to pardon me for lifting a response I made in comments to a full-on post, but I’ve been seeing this theme going around a lot recently. And while I respect where it comes from, I reject it [...]
Coast Guard: Complicit in Hiding the Oil Disaster?
from my journalist friend in Louisiana:
DATE: June 29, 2010 21:28:45 CST
Coast Guard establishes safety zone around all Deepwater Horizon protective boom, operations in Southeast, La.
Key contact numbers
* Report oiled shoreline or request volunteer information: (866) 448-5816
* Submit alternative response technology, services or products: (281) 366-5511
[...]
“Mommy, Get the Oil OFFFFF!”
Child goes to Destin Beach in Florida, child gets foot coated with crude oil:
Coming to a beach near you…
Read More..>>More BP BULLSHIT
Forward from my Gulf contact:
—— Forwarded Message
From: Deepwater Horizon Response External Affairs
Reply-To: Deepwater Horizon Response External Affairs
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:21:07 -0700 (PDT)
To:
Subject: Two Members of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response Die in Unrelated Events
DATE: June 23, 2010 19:19:38 CST
Two Members of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response Die in Unrelated Events
Key [...]
Oil Disaster May be Unstoppable
It really IS Biblical…. we are SO THOROUGHLY FUCKED.
Read More..>>“Ponies and Balloons”
Via Susie Madrak:
I was invited the following week to go behind “enemy lines.” They gave me, of all people, security clearance to go into the base of operations meetings in Venice, Louisiana eight days in. Open door invitation to sit like a fly on the wall. Can you believe it? It’s really going on. They [...]
Read More..>>Pensacola Surf Bubbling, Oily Rain Falling in New Orleans
This video is disturbing enough: by about the 21 second mark, you can see the fizzing and bubbling in the Pensacola oil surf.
But the next video is probably worse. Christina, my g/f, is from the Gulf Coast, and one of her first reactions to the spewing leak was that is was going to get [...]
