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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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:…

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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-…

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