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 up on the Mississippi Gulf Coast said,…
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 must speed up its approval of applying…
Impressions of Eunice, La
Ryan Hatler gave me an introduction into the heart of Acadia. Oil is king here. Average wage $90k which beats Escambia Co. $8/hr. People were open and straight- forward. Oil dominates life….
In south Louisiana
I am in Lafayette Parish to interview oil workers. Got on the road at 3 am. Rainstorm has hit area. Now stuck in traffic jam on I-10. First interview will be over…
Beast Corps: British Petroleum’s Greenwashing is A Slick Joke
By Jamie Welch, Beast Corps correspondent… Can the B.S. propaganda machine kindly stop already? Created by the Ogilvy and Mather advertising agency more than a decade ago, the “Beyond Petroleum†public relations…
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 Island, Alabama Friday. He said the response…
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 been done? If a person gets sick…
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: • Commercial: 102 claims/$26,249.99 • Business Interruption:…
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- I don’t have any local numbers- BP…
Legal maneuvers could hurt Florida
Yesterday, Transocean got U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison (Southern District of Texas) to suspend any cases against the owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig because the company filed a request to limit…
Do you know anyone has gotten a BP check?
Liz “I’m not a technical person” Castro told State Sen. Dave Aronberg that BP has not rejected any claim for $5,000. Has anyone here received a check from BP yet? Email me…
New Video: We’d love to see
….just ignore the men in the HAZMAT suits.
Move EOC to Beach, Key or Downtown
BTW: I am boycotting the EOC – a facility set up miles away from our beaches, a facility that was built to be a bomb shelter to withstand hurricanes, a facility with…
Aronberg challenges BP Barbie
State Senator Dave Aronberg, a Democratic candidate for Attorney General, was in town yesterday. He spent part of his day at the Escambia County Emergency Operations Center. Aronberg got to meet with…
Lives lost at Deepwater Horizon
In all the media coverage and the BP spin, we can so easily lose sight that 11 people died in the April 20 explosion at the Deepwater Horizon rig: Jason Anderson, Aaron…
Doing nothing is better than dispersants
According to Deepwater Horizon Incident Joint Information Center, “the Department of Defense’s Modular Aerial Spray System (MASS) aircraft flew multiple missions—dispensing the same dispersant chemicals being used by BP and federal responders….
Rick’s Rant: BP, I am your huckleberry.
The story behind the BP community outreach centers and HAZMAT training:
Erin Brockovich is coming to Pensacola
Press Release: Levin, Papantonio has invited the law firm of Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. (www.weitzlux.com) to join noted environmental advocates Erin Brockovich and Carol Moore to help those affected by the epic…
Outtakes: The Real Pensacola Tea Party
Can history repeat itself? Will Americans again rise to overthrow an oppressor that has threatened their freedom and quality of life like they did at the Boston Tea Party. Despite what Glenn…
Nodine admitted into hospital
Mobile Press Register reports “Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine, who police have described as a “person of interest” in the Sunday night shooting death of a Gulf Shores woman, has been admitted…
