Category: BP Disaster
Okaloosa action plan finally approved
Four weeks since the Deepwater Horizon explosion, Okaloosa County officials got their local action plan approved….maybe…BP at the Joint Command Center in Mobile still has…
BP enlists more collaborators
For 14 years, I worked in the oil industry, primarily with Texaco and Citgo, and developed some solid sources within the industry with whom I…
Oops, Jeff Miller off by 23,000 bbls per day
Last week, Congressman Jeff Miller told us that BP was getting ahead of the oil spill and had recovered 4 million gallons. His actual quote…
New Vichy government forming in Tallahassee
When the Germans conquered France during the WWII, Marshal Philippe Pétain and his Vichy government collaborated with the Germans.The French police and the state militia…
More notes from Eunice
While visiting Eunice I spoke with offshore workers and their families. It was an intense seven hours of conversations done after a six-hour drive. Eunice…
What Miller could be telling EPA
While our Congressman Jeff Miller is telling EPA to approve the dispersants being used to hide the BP Oil Spill. Congressman Edward Markey (D-Mass.) sent…
Meek: Too small to fail
Congressman Kendrick Meek, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, stopped by the IN offices for a few minutes before his meeting with the PNJ editorial…
Beast Corps: Notes on Meek’s Forum on Offshore drilling
From Beast Corps correspondent Logan Harrison: Timeline: • Arrived at 7:03 • Talked about being on the road all day, took bathroom break…. • Left…
Help offer from Germany
This email appears to be legitimate – here is the company’s website, schaco.com: The German environment dpt has already informed British Petrol to get in…
Perdido Key Chamber hosts weekly BP meetings
Press release (note the new chamber slogan at the end): As we continue to say, our beaches are beautiful, our water is clear and we…
Damn scientists mess up Miller’s BP world
The New York Times has a disturbing article on the size of the oil spill underwater, where Congressman Miller and BP don’t want us to…
What Miller should be saying
Fox News’ Shepard Smith closed Friday evening’s “FOX Report” with a sharp commentary directed at BP CEO Tony Hayward. Smith, Ole Miss grad who grew…
Miller wants EPA to speed up dispersant approval
“Our” Congressman Jeff Miller isn’t pushing for stricter safety regulations for BP. No, Miller is upset with EPA. In his newsletter, Miller writes “the EPA…
Beast Corps: Latest on oil
From our Mobile Beast Corps correspondent, Dawn Butler: Admiral Thad Allan is in charge of the US Coast Guard response, so he was at Dauphin…
This is sacrilege, I know, but…. (Update)
Is the area’s new marketing effort – claiming seafood, beaches, water, etc are all fine–risky? Are we sure the seafood is okay? What tests have…
Updated Florida BP claim numbers
BP has had 768 claims in Florida and approximately $194,000 of those claims have been paid. o Wage loss: 261 claims/$40,000 o Loss of income:…
Claim numbers don’t add up
We asked Santa Rosa County PIO Joy Tsubooka about claims that have been paid. “It is my understanding that in Florida as of yesterday morning-…
Legal maneuvers could hurt Florida
Yesterday, Transocean got U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison (Southern District of Texas) to suspend any cases against the owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig because…
Do you know anyone has gotten a BP check?
Liz “I’m not a technical person” Castro told State Sen. Dave Aronberg that BP has not rejected any claim for $5,000. Has anyone here received…
