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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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DeLuna Clue 2010 # 1

From Fiesta of Five Flags: Can You Guess The Identity of Fiesta’s King and Queen? From June 3-13, Pensacola will celebrate the 61st Fiesta of…

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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…

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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…

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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….

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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…

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Aborted BP presentations

This is what the council stopped: PowerPoint: Staging Operations Booming strategies

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Tempers flare at City Council

The Pensacola City Council cut off BP Civic Affairs Director Liz Castro three pages into her PowerPoint presentation after the community liaison failed to answer…

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Nuclear option not feasible for BP Deepwater Horizon

Over the weekend, I interviewed Dr. Ted Bourgoyne, LSU Professor Emeritus, petroleum engineering about Deepwater Horizon well. He said that he hadn’t seen the so-called…

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Buzz: BP asks City Council to clean boom in bayou

The buzz is BP officials will appear before the Pensacola City Council today at its Committee of the Whole to tell city officials the oil…

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Every time I see this video, my temper flares

This is BP CEO Tony Hayward with Florida Gov. Charlie Crist telling us, “We are very confident that will be able to contain the spill…

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Liz, here is another idea. Please fwd to Tony

More ideas for the public that BP Barbie Liz Castro asked us to send her: Oil Spill Combating – A German Approach The explosion of…

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BP cuts back capture stat again, oops

Marketwatch reports that the amount of crude oil BP is siphoning from a massive leak on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico has declined…

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Liz, here’s an idea

During the first community meetings, BP Barbie Liz Castro told citizens that her company wanted to hear ideas from the public to help with his…

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Alas, Pensacola

“Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour is thy…

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