Local environmental officials are collecting water, sediment and marine animal tissue samples to create baseline measurements for our environments. All these samples are being sent to a lab in Texas, with ties…
Category: BP Disaster
What’s that smell?
New Buzz: The Escambia County Emergency Operation Center (EOC) has received reports of possible petroleum-like odors in the southern part of Escambia County. It is possible that these odors are related to…
Kissing cousins at heart of BP legal battle
I have two talents: upsetting people and connecting the dots better than most. Today’s Daily Beast does both. Please check it out and leave a comment. More comments, more attention the story…
Plaintiffs argue to keep BP lawsuits in New Orleans
The attorneys for the shrimpers, commercial fisherman and others impacted by the BP oil spill have submitted their pleadings to fight the motion by BP to move all cases to its USA…
Where will BP lawsuits be tried?
BP wants all the cases moved to Houston, Tex. Its attorneys are arguing that BP Exploration and Production, Inc. and the other defendants maintain their principal places of business and their key…
BP Oil Spill by the numbers
It looks like BP is trying to be more accurate with its stats. Notice the huge jump from the beginning of the week: By the Numbers to Date: * Personnel were quickly…
Sorry, Jeff, EPA gets tougher on dispersants
Well, we’ve learn how powerful our Congressman Jeff Miller is. Days after he pushed for EPA relax its approval process for BP’s use of the dispersants, the federal agency become stricter. Darn…
Keith Olbermann’s people called (then cancelled)
I will be on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann tonight. The show starts at 7 p.m. I think my segment is #4 —up from the #5 spot two weeks ago. Update, 2:46…
Meek Asks BP For More State Dollars
U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Miami) announced today that he has asked British Petroleum to increase its pledge of $25 million to $75 million to help promote Florida’s tourism. Meek, a candidate in…
The Beast Corps: Hiding Behind Hotlines
By The Beast Corps Correspondent Ryne Ziemba… Does BP Save Money By Letting Our Wildlife Die? With the first tar balls washing up on the shores of the Florida Keys and the…
Fighting for Papa Bear
Deepwater horizon tragedy through the eyes of one victim’s family He wasn’t supposed to be on the rig. “It wasn’t “his” rig to begin with,” Becky Manuel, his ex-wife and mother of…
News: BP grilled over dispersants (Sorry, Jeff)
While our Congressman Jeff Miller is fighting EPA to allow BP to spray more dispersants on the BP oil spill. other Congressmen are worried about the damage to the Gulf’s ecosystem. The…