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10 Reasons to Still Be Pissed Off About the BP Disaster
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By Kate Sheppard.
Your guide to the worst oil spill in US history, one year later.
1. BP is gunning to get back to drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. When the Department of Interior issued its first deepwater permit since the Deepwater Horizon disaster, it was for a well that BP owns half of. Earlier this month, company officials also announced that they are seeking an agreement with the US government to resume drilling at their 10 deepwater wells in the Gulf this July, arguing that they will follow tougher safety rules, the New York Times reported earlier this month. This comes even as the government is said to be considering manslaughter charges against the oil giant for the deaths of 11 workers last year.
2. People are sick. Nearly three-quarters of Gulf coast residents that the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, an environmental justice group, polled this year reported health concerns that they believe are related to the spill. Of the 954 residents in seven coastal communities, almost half said they had experienced health problems like coughing, skin and eye irritation, or headaches that are consistent with common symptoms of chemical exposure. While the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is conducting health monitoring for spill cleanup workers, residents in the areas closest to the spill are concerned that their own health problems have gone unattended.
3. Fish and other sea life in the Gulf are still struggling after the disaster. The death toll for dolphins and whales in the Gulf may have been….
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April 23, 2011 pm30 10:00 pm
WE are ALL responsible for the gulf oil spill because we do nothing about each of us demanding the changing of our humanity’s use of fossil fuels to the use of freer energy. Remember we are being watched to see how we, as a species, shake off the parasitical secrecy addicted hidden leadership and move ourselves forward by demanding open leadership, planetary truth from the findings of the likes of NASA etc. Write to your leaders and demand we change how we use energy. Demand the truth from NASA, not the obfuscated grainy trash they dump on the web which hides signs of water and life on mars for example.WE allow this to keep happening. You can do something by doing your own research and by telling people of your findings. A good place to start: http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/ . Read J.P.Skippers commentaries. They are welcome food for thought. Look at the evidence for yourselves and make up your own minds