Tag: BP
Coastkeeper update
Press release: Flow rate update, with information from the Incident Command: The National Incident Command’s Flow Rate Technical Group (FRTG) has developed an independent estimate…
Thomas barely holds on to Paul FCAT gains
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas dismisses the one point drop in FCAT reading scores for third graders in the Friday edition of the BP marketing solution, Pensacola…
Crist withholds funds for Panhandle
Gov. Charlie Crist will be on Pensacola Beach tomorrow for an appearance on Fox & Friends around 7:15 a.m. Shortly after that national TV appearance,…
IN May 27 issue
COVER STORY THREE’S COMPANY Less than a year ago Governor Charlie Crist was thought by many political analysts to be a shoe-in for Mel Martinez’s…
Three Little Pigs Roundup
Three Little Pigs article is the most popular article on The Daily Beast. Fark.com (One of my favorite sites): Light-hearted “three little pigs”-themed internal BP…
Yahoo picks up Three Little Pigs
From Yahoo: “Just when you thought BP’s image problem couldn’t get any worse… The Daily Beast’s Rick Outzen has uncovered an internal BP document illustrating…
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…
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…
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…
BP cut corners at Deepwater
The Orlando Sentinel reports that have obtained documents that BP chose a less-expensive, less-reliable method for completing the Deepwater Horizon well. …BP’s choice of well…
BP killed my dog, tempers run high
The Miami Herald is at Grand Isles, La. where BP’s black crude is destroying the ecosystem. Workers in knee-high rubber boots and hard hats shoveled…
Tar balls on Pensacola Beach
We are getting reports that tar balls have washed on to Pensacola Beach. Fox 10 is reporting three were found by a Gulf Breeze family…
What BP wishes it didn’t have to show
BP continues its work to collect oil by the riser insertion tube tool (RITT) containment system. Based on the statements by BP CEO Tony Hayward,…
Plaintiffs argue to keep BP lawsuits in New Orleans
The attorneys for the shrimpers, commercial fisherman and others impacted by the BP oil spill have submitted their pleadings to fight the motion by BP…
Sorry, Jeff, EPA gets tougher on dispersants
Well, we’ve learn how powerful our Congressman Jeff Miller is. Days after he pushed for EPA relax its approval process for BP’s use of the…
Meek Asks BP For More State Dollars
U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Miami) announced today that he has asked British Petroleum to increase its pledge of $25 million to $75 million to help…
Fighting for Papa Bear
The Deepwater Horizon explosion and the subsequent oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico have gotten oil executives, attorneys and government officials seeing huge dollar…
BP contractor caught using illegals
News Herald reports: “Bay County sheriff’s deputies arrested as many as 11 people Wednesday — all but one of them thought to be illegal aliens…
BP Lie #73
For weeks, the public has been told that the crude from BP’s Deepwater Horizon well is a light crude that it evaporates easily. “It’s nothing…
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…
