From an “adoring fan” – Josh Derrick: I am very disappointed that you and the Daily Beast would result to using such an obvious fake document against BP in your article. Anyone…
Category: BP Disaster
BP and The Three Little Pigs
My latest article for The Daily Beast is on a document I obtained that shows BP, in a previous fatal disaster, increased worker risk to save money. Are there parallels with the…
Councilman Hall comments on handling of BP
Pensacola City Councilman Sam Hall sent this email that he had sent to a constituent about yesterday’s Committee of the Whole presentation by BP spokesman Liz Castro that was cut short by…
Papa Bear story catches attention
Our May 20 cover story, “Fighting for Papa Bear,” has quietly gotten the attention of people around the country. It was considered too soft for The Daily Beast, but I was determined…
Don’t feel sorry for Liz Castro
The BP Barbie who claimed that she is the nationwide director of civic affairs for the oil giant that made $5.6 billion in the first quarter of this year. She is a…
Photos you have to see
The Boston Globe has put together this collection of photos concerning the BP crude oil hitting the shores of Louisiana. Check them out and understand more why I can’t sleep: Oil reaches…
Houston BP protests
Houston is home to BP’s North American operations and Transocean. Yesterday about 50 protesters marched from Transocean offices to the BP building. The protest was organized by women’s activist group Codepink. They…
Buzz: “…about this time the drill floor disappeared”
For novice Rick’s Blog readers, Buzz items are rumors and other unverified bits of information that come to me. More often than not they turn out to be true, but I post…
BP protest May 27
Hear Our Voice To Save Our Coast is holding a demonstration Thursday, May 27 at 6 p.m. on Palafox between Main and Government streets (guess that’s Ferdinand Plaza area) protesting BP’s tactics…
BP Oil Disaster Update
Escambia Disaster Response – Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Monday, May 24 – 4:30 p.m. – Update #29 * Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key remain open. Water is clear and air quality is…
Grover has plan for BP ad dollars
Dear CFO Sink: I look forward to talking with you today at 3:00 pm EST. In advance of our phone conversation I would like to talk with you about the advertising dollars…
Aborted BP presentations
This is what the council stopped: PowerPoint: Staging Operations Booming strategies