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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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….
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…
