From Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson: Recently it has come to our attention the public concern with water quality on the Gulf of Mexico. Prior to the end of April and first…
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Coastkeeper speaks out
From Chasidy Fisher Hobbs, Coastkeeper Emerald Coastkeeper, Inc. I am YOUR Coastkeeper. When I took on this job I agreed to fight for swimmable, drinkable waters at all costs. I take my…
Latest BP Update, with subtitles, notes
As of May 18 UNDERWATER —-Subtitle “Don’t expect it to be stopped any time soon.†. The riser insertion tube tool (RITT) containment system is estimated to be collecting and carrying about…
Gulf County sues BP
The News Herald (Panama City, Fla.) reports that Gulf County has filed a lawsuit against BP. According to their attorneys, Gulf County “seeks full reimbursement for the cost it incurs for their…
News: BP said it could handle 60 times the current spill
….and Congressman Jeff Miller believed it….just kidding….maybe. The Mobile Press Register reports: “In its 2009 exploration plan for the Deepwater Horizon well, BP PLC states that the company could handle a spill…
My Daily Beast article makes Yahoo home page
Not too bad – http://www.yahoo.com/. It’s the fifth news item. Here’s how they published it: http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailybeast/20100519/ts_dailybeast/8137_howbpsecretlybuyspr
Brockovich’s Weeklong Trip To Coast
With the Deep Horizon oil spill threatening the Gulf Coast, national environmental activist and legal consultant Erin Brockovich has made a stop in our area to speak with media and those potentially…
News: Pelican covered in oil found at Destin
…and so it begins… Daily News reports a brown pelican covered in a light brown oily substance was found Tuesday afternoon on a Destin dock. “His body’s covered. He’s tired and weak….
What is the truth?
From News Journal article (“Chemicals will protect the Gulf, Rep. Miller says”): “Adm. Thad Allen, the commandant of the Coast Guard, said the spill has become much more difficult to contain. As…
The Beast: How BP secretly buys PR
The need to tell the real stories of Pensacola remains. Please follow this link and comment on the article. Comments can be pro or con….they can add more information. We need to…
Grover: We will test waters
Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson called late yesterday afternoon to tell me the county will be testing the area waters regularly on Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key. “We have the baseline measurements…
Aerial view of BP oil spill
BP CEO Tony Hayward tells us all is well. They tell us that they have it contained, BP wants us to return back to normal. “It’s bigger than anyone knows,†said environmentalist…
The Beast Corps: Watch out for the Valdez crud
By The Beast Corps correspondent Jen Bullock.. Merle Savage moved to Anchorage, Alaska in 1988. Three months later, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez crashed onto a reef, spilling nearly 11 million galleons…
BP slow-walking claims
The Marketwatch report also stated that BP says that 15,600 claims have been filed to date and 2,700 have already been paid….less than 18 percent. Hmmmmm, BP Barbie Liz Castro told us…
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 to sign off on it. Okaloosa County…
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 still have contact. My sources tell me…
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 was “They continue to be able to…
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 captured Jews and other undesirables and shipped…
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 is smalltown USA – with its share…
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 a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection…