Read it at The Daily Beast
1.BP's Oil Spill Coverup
Three-quarters of the 5 billion gallons of oil unleashed into the Gulf of Mexico has disappeared, federal officials say. But as The Daily Beast's Rick Outzen writes, some fishermen understand that they're not supposed to report tar balls—some as big as three inches wide—they find floating off the coast. One fisherman was told he was sent into the Gulf to remove booms only—"no reporting of tar balls or oil anymore." Another fisherman's finding of dispersant was dismissed as algae. Several others had similar experiences. With the oil having supposedly vanished, BP has scaled back its response operations. Much of the country is sighing with relief as the crisis appears to be over—but maybe that appearance is misleading. Both BP and the government have an interest in minimizing the damage after facing harsh criticism all summer over their responses to the spill.
Anyone concerned about protecting our environment should be clamoring for an audit of this Greasy Giant. There are way too many unanswered questions about the number of gallons spilled, where it went and the long term damage from it. Because B.P. was so evasive in the beginning, I believe we must insist an audit of their production records from day one.
ReplyDeleteI, for one, would bet they have cheated the American People out of billions of dollars in revenue.