Past Experiences With BP May Point To Future Issues While Northwest Florida prepared for the over five million gallons of BP crude oil set to contaminate its beaches and waterways, the IN…
DEP questions Okaloosa plan, too
There is a pattern here. BP gets kudos in the media around the world for its community outreach efforts in the Florida Panhandle. County officials are told the BP will pay for…
Grover and Goodin met with BP in D.C.
I spoke with Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson this morning about his and Santa Rosa Commissioner Gordon Goodin’s meetings with the Coast Guard and British Petroleum. Congressman Jeff Miller set up the…
The Beast Corps – Join the fight
The story of the BP Oil Spill is huge–with local, state, regional, national and international implications. I have dedicated my time, talents and newspaper to telling the truth behind this environmental, health…
IN Cover: What To Expect From BP
While Northwest Florida prepared for the over five million gallons of BP crude oil set to contaminate its beaches and waterways, the IN took a break from the endless series of press…
The Black Gold Untold
by IN South Alabama correspondent Dawn Butler.. About the size of Pensacola Beach is Dauphin Island, Alabama, where the oil first came ashore in our neck of the woods. Tar balls, the…
LA Times buys into BP outreach here
I’ve been highly critical of the British Petroleum local community outreach because the BP reps here have no knowledge, no technical expertise and no authority. Most have only worked for BP for…
There May Be More Wildlife Affected Than BP Will Admit
New Release: People Protecting Animals & Their Habitats – PATH Inc. – is calling on British Petroleum and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to release additional information on the effects to…
Brockovich and Kennedy at Hangout Fest
The Hangout Beach Music and Arts Festival in Gulf Shores has officially announced that environmental activists Erin Brockovich, Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy and Sierra Club Board President Allison Chin will participate in public…
Daily Drilling Report for Deepwater Horizon
The Daily Drilling Report reveals what may have caused the explosion. According to BP, “before, during or after the cement job, an undetected influx of hydrocarbons entered the wellbore.†In other words,…
Jeff Miller says BP is ahead of the oil spill. Really?
Rob Williams of “News”Radio 1620 interviewed Congressman Jeff Miller on his radio show. Miller: They continue to be able to skim more oil off the surface than is leaking. That is a…
House hearings reveal truths behind well explosion
Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Chairman, Committee on Energy and Commerce Inquiry into the Deepwater Horizon Gulf Coast Oil Spill Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations gave a opening statement yesterday that points out…
Boom missing
WJHG reports: Escambia Sheriff’s Office deputies learned Tuesday that about 3,400 feet of orange oil containment boom is missing from the south end of the Bob Sikes Bridge on Pensacola Beach. Read…
Buzz: Buffett coming to Pensacola Beach
There is talk on Pensacola Beach that the Indigo hotel is been scratched and will be replaced by Margaritaville – resort run by Jimmy Buffett’s group. The plan will be brought before…
Extreme solutions for BP oil spill
Garbage, fire, nuclear bomb explosion—these are possible solutions to stop the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? The Daily Beast looks at 11 of the most out-there ideas proposed so far….
Buzz: Late night phone calls
My phone rang several times late last night on several topics. Here the rumors that seem to have some legs – but understand they are only buzz and haven’t been proved…yet 1….
How much help are BP help lines?
IN reporter Ryne Ziemba called the 1-800 hot lines that British Petroleum has listed in its website for people seeking information and help regarding the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. To report…
Frank Lay is retiring
We have the invitation for the celebration of Pace principal Frank Lay’s retirement on May 21….no word on who will do the invocation:
Deepwater Horizon Business Impact Survey #2
Press Release: Florida emergency management and economic development staff are gathering information from businesses impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Please take a moment to complete the survey and provide crucial…
The Mindshare approach
BP’s marketing and public relations firm, Mindshare, has a case study of its website that touts what the company does. Making BP’s media dollars work harder Mindshare helped BP to make the…
