On May 17, Gov. Charlie Crist had in his office BP CEO Tony Hayward. Instead of pressing for money for the oil clean-up, the Florida governor only got $25 million from the…
Tag: Environment
Gaetz report
The following is the Friday report from State Sen. Don Gaetz. The only exception I have is that we were told that BP initially responded with six two-man crews, but maybe they…
Beast Corps: Cabinet visits Escambia County
From Beast Corps correspondent Franklin Hayes: As the largest potential economic disaster loomed in the Gulf of Mexico just a few miles off the coast of Pensacola Beach, the Sunshine State’s sitting…
Tea Party upset over Outtakes
Email from a Pensacola Tea Party protester: Mr. Outzen, I was taken aback by your characterization (in your Vol 11 #20 issue) of tea partiers as displaying “racist-phony anger†compared to the…
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 for the rate at which oil is…
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 become much more difficult to contain. As…
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 a reef, spilling nearly 11 million galleons…
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 Panama City this morning • Took a…
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….
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 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…
Deepwater Horizon – Not the First Gulf Oil Leak
By IN Reporter Ryne Ziemba… Currently, there are roughly 4,000 oil rigs off the Gulf Coast of the United States, with the exception of Florida’s coast which has yet to allow drilling…
Transcript of Olbermann interview
I really thought I sounded more literate and knowledgeable than this: OLBERMANN: That we know about the B.P. waiver agreement offering up to $5,000 to Gulf Coast residents in exchange for their…
State has BP $25 million; none reaching local level
I confirmed yesterday with the office of Florida CFO Alex Sink that the state has received the $25-million block grant from British Petroleum. However, local officials are getting frustrated with the state…
Don’t touch oil, tarballs
The St. Pete Times warns of the BP oil spill’s toxicity. This s$%# can kill you. I have interviewed workers that were part of the Exxon Valdez cleanup. Twenty years later, they…
Environmentalists kicked out Mobile Unified Command
At the Escambia County Emergency Operations Center, the Emerald Coastkeeper (IN Rising Star Chassidy Hobbs) is allowed to be in the EOC. We’ve learned at BP’s Unified Command Center in Mobile yesterday…
No more BP coeds at community meetings
It’s time to stop the “sorority teas” at the community meetings on the BP oil spill. If BP can’t have a knowledgeable person (male or female) who can answer technical, financial and…
Exclusive: BP screwed up Exxon Valdez cleanup, too
I have been trying to get a handle on what we can truly expect from British Petroleum with this Gulf oil spill. Earlier in the week, I interviewed attorney Brent Coon, who…
BP gets to sit on stage for WSRE
BP gets to continue its spin. Don’t expect any technical answers for a PR person. We should allow BP on the stage only the person speaking is an engineer, clean-up expert or…
IN kicked out of DEP/BP meeting
Gov. Charlie Crist is in Pensacola to see firsthand the preparations for the impending oil slick that is approaching Florida. Before Gov. Crist arrived – which was about noon. Members of the…
