The TITLE above photos of the birds of the Gulf is "IN THE GULF, A NATURAL DISASTER"
A "NATURAL" DISASTER, Globe?
Is that how you are going to START the WHOLE THING OFF?
With a HUMONGOUS DISTORTION and LIE?
Sadly, the REST of the COVERAGE has been JUST THAT!
A COVER-UP and CLEAN-UP for INDUSTRY and GOVERNMENT -- as would befit a SELF-SERVING CORPORATE NEWSPAPER!
"Official says US can’t take over cleanup duty; BP will try new method to close oil leak tomorrow" by Greg Bluestein, Associated Press | May 25, 2010
COVINGTON, La. — The official leading the federal response to the Gulf oil spill rejected the notion of removing
Also see: Sunday Sunshine
See who is REALLY calling the SHOTS, folks?
The White House is facing increasing questions about why the government can’t assert more control over the handling of the catastrophe, which unfolded after a BP offshore drilling rig blew up April 20.
BP’s attempts to stop the leak have all failed, despite the company’s use of submarine robots that can operate at depths no human could withstand. Millions of gallons of brown crude are now coating birds and other wildlife and fouling the Louisiana marshes.
BP is now pinning its hopes on yet another technique never tested 5,000 feet underwater: a “top kill,’’ in which heavy mud and cement would be shot into the blown-out well to plug it. The top kill could begin as early as tomorrow, with BP’s chief executive, Tony Hayward, giving it a 60 percent to 70 percent chance of success....
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In another source of tension between BP and the government, the company was still using a certain chemical dispersant yesterday to fight the oil despite orders from the Environmental Protection Agency to employ something less toxic....
BP flipping the oily finger to the government, huh?
Not a surprise at all.
Related: Gulf Oil Spill What a Lie
Obama's Katrina
Actually, THIS is WAY, WAY WORSE!
See:
Obama is biggest recipient of BP’s political action cash in the last 20 years
BP Fought Safety Measures at Deepwater Oil Rigs
U.S. exempted BP's Gulf of Mexico drilling from environmental impact stud
Yeah, that is why the s*** fooleys in the paper are so unappealing.
"Oil soaks birds, marshes in La.; BP says efforts to slow leak not effective as before" by Greg Bluestein, Associated Press | May 24, 2010
COVINGTON, La. — President Obama has sent three top administration back to the Gulf Coast to monitor the massive oil spill that seems to have no end in sight, as
Had enough lies yet, America?
The dire impact of the spill was apparent yesterday on oil-soaked islands where pelicans nest. Several of the birds splashed in the water and preened, apparently trying to clean crude from their feet and wings.
Pelican eggs were glazed with rust-colored gunk in the bird colony, and thick globs floated on top of the water. Nests sat precariously close to the mess in mangrove trees. Workers had surrounded the island in Barataria Bay with the booms, but oil seeped through the barrier.
BP spokesman John Curry said....
Who cares what liars say anymore?
Lisa Jackson, the chief of the US Environmental Protection Agency, was headed to Louisiana yesterday, where she planned to visit with frustrated residents.
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano were to lead a Senate delegation to the region today to fly over affected areas and keep an eye on the response.
Salazar said yesterday that he is not completely confident that BP knows what it’s doing. “If we find they’re not doing what they’re supposed to be doing, we’ll push them out of the way appropriately,’’ he said.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs also told CBS’ “Face the Nation’’ yesterday that Justice Department officials have been to the region gathering information about the spill. However, he wouldn’t say whether the department has opened a criminal investigation....
Why would they?
Then they would have to take it to the White House and Congress.
You like those political fooleys passing as news?
"BP postpones new effort to stop oil leak; Hopes to shoot mud into well after weekend" by Greg Bluestein, Associated Press | May 22, 2010
ROBERT, La. — It will be at least Tuesday before engineers can shoot mud into a blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico,
A so-called “top kill’’ has been tried on land but never 5,000 feet underwater, so scientists and engineers have spent the past week preparing and taking measurements to make sure it will stop the oil that has been spewing into the sea. They originally hoped to try it as early as this weekend.
BP spokesman Tom Mueller said there was no snag in the preparations, but that the company must get equipment in place and finish tests before the procedure can begin. BP already has three deepwater rigs and other equipment near the blown-out well.
“It’s taking time to get everything set up,’’ he said. “They’re taking their time. It’s never been done before. We’ve got to make sure everything is right.’’
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The company has conceded that more oil is leaking than its initial estimate of 210,000 gallons a day total, and a government team is working to get a handle on exactly how much is flowing. Even under the most conservative estimate, about 6 million gallons have leaked so far, more than half the amount spilled by the
The White House has tapped former Senator Bob Graham, of Florida, and former EPA administrator William K. Reilly to lead a presidential commission investigating the spill. An announcement is expected today.
Anger has grown as oil has started washing into delicate coastal wetlands in Louisiana. A deep, stagnant ooze sat in the middle of a particularly devastated marsh off the Louisiana coast.
In Grand Isle, south of New Orleans, officials were forced to close a public beach as globs of oil that resembled melted chocolate washed up.
Oil was hitting in various forms — light sheens, orange-colored splotches, and heavier brown sheets — said Chris Roberts, a local official who surveyed the area yesterday morning.
“It’s difficult to clean up when you haven’t stopped the source,’’ said Roberts, a councilman for Jefferson Parish, which stretches from the New Orleans metropolitan area to the coast. “You can scrape it off the beach, but it’s coming right back.’’
The island thrives in the summer season on sport fishermen and beachcombers, and the warm Gulf waters off its shores are home to a variety of sport fish....
Not anymore.
Elsewhere, frustrated local and state officials waited for the Army Corps of Engineers to issue permits so they can build sand berms in front of islands and wetlands to act as buffers between the advancing oil and the wetlands.
In a statement yesterday, corps spokesman Ken Holder said officials understand the urgency, but possible environmental effects must be evaluated before even an emergency permit can be issued.
Coast Guard Rear Admiral Mary Landry also took BP to task for not responding aggressively enough to oil coming ashore in Terrebonne Parish, La., to the west of the mouth of the Mississippi River.
This is the same official who warned for days not to call this a catastrophe.
Yeah, I'm tired of government bullshitters, too.
Public interest in the spill is high. After lawmakers pressed BP for a live video feed of the leak this week, so many people tried to view it that they crashed the government website....
Why does GOVERNMENT FAIL at everything it does?
This like CLUNKERS and the APPLIANCES!!!
Also see:
"Gulf oil spill: first underwater video footage of oil leak
Scientists say there is a chance a misfire could lead to new problems. Ed Overton, a professor of environmental studies at Louisiana State University, said the crippled piece of equipment called a blowout preventer could spring a new leak that could spew untold gallons of oil if there’s a weak spot that is vulnerable to pressure from the heavy mud....
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Related:
"Rumors are flying, still unconfirmed, that the well pipe has eroded from gravel and debris in the oil and the vent hole for the oil flow has widened." -- Wake the Flock Up
"Oil washes into marshes of Louisiana; BP says leak bigger than first thought" by Kevin McGill, Associated Press | May 21, 2010 GRAND ISLE, La. — The spectacle many had feared for a month finally began unfolding as gooey, rust-colored oil washed into the marshes at the mouth of the Mississippi, stoking public anger and frustration with both
The sense of gloom deepened as BP conceded what some scientists have been saying for weeks: that the oil leak at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico is bigger than the company previously estimated....
Yes, America, YOUR GOVERNMENT and ITS MOUTHPIECE MEDIA have been LYING TO YOU the WHOLE TIME!
There were no immediate reports of any mass die-offs of wildlife or large numbers of creatures wriggling in oil, as seen after the
A live video feed of the underwater gusher, posted online yesterday after lawmakers exerted pressure on BP, is sure to stoke the anger. The link is globalwarming.house.gov/spillcam.
Pffft!
Global warming!
It shows what appears to be a large plume of oil and gas still spewing into the water next to the stopper-and-tube combination that BP inserted to carry some of the crude to the surface. The House committee website where the video was posted promptly crashed because so many people were trying to view it.
“These videos stand as a scalding, blistering indictment of BP’s inattention to the scope and size of the greatest environmental catastrophe in the history of the United States,’’ said Representative Edward J. Markey, Democratic of Malden.
Obama's LEGACY!
Unless he nukes the world in WWIII, of course!
At least 6 million gallons have gushed into the Gulf — more than half the amount the Exxon Valdez tanker spilled in Alaska in 1989....
The slow-motion disaster could become far wider. Government scientists said a small portion of the slick had entered the so-called loop current, a stream of fast-moving water that could carry the mess into the Florida Keys and up the state’s Atlantic Coast, damaging coral reefs and fouling beaches....
No, no, no, global warming did that!
Washington, meanwhile, turned up the pressure on BP.
What BULL-oney!!!!
The Obama administration asked the company to be more open with the public by sharing such information as measurements of the leak and the trajectory of the spill. BP has been accused of covering up the magnitude of the disaster.
Why is the administration asking for anything?
Shouldn't they be DEMANDING IT on OUR BEHALF?
Also, the Environmental Protection Agency directed BP to employ a less toxic form of the chemical dispersants it has been using to break up the oil and keep it from reaching the surface.
They IGNORED YOU, EPA!!!
BP is marshaling equipment for an attempt as early as Sunday at a “top kill,’’ which involves pumping heavy mud into the top of the blown-out well to try to plug the gusher.
A top kill has been used before above ground, but like other methods BP is exploring, it has never been attempted 5,000 feet underwater.
If it doesn’t work, the backup plans include a “junk shot’’ — shooting golf balls, shredded tires, knotted rope, and other material into the well to clog it up.
Yeah, I've read the same thing dozens of times now and I'm sick of hearing about their "solutions" all the time, MSM!
Yup, BP doing a REAL BANG-UP JOB down there!
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VENICE, La. — A tide of sludgy oil has begun washing into Louisiana’s coastal marshes, officials said yesterday, as
Hundreds of miles away from the Louisiana coast, there was a worrisome discovery: Tar balls, which are sticky clumps of decayed oil, were found in Key West, Fla., on Monday. Officials said they were being tested to determine if they came from the leaking BP well.
But the most ominous news came from south Louisiana, where the Mississippi River enters the Gulf. There, instead of the tar balls that had previously washed ashore in Louisiana, the marshes were inundated with thick, brown oil.
“If I had been standing up, I would have fell to my knees,’’ said Billy Nungesser, the president of Plaquemines Parish, La., about the moment he heard the news....
If the marshes are inundated by oil, it could mean huge losses for the area’s seafood industry, and a reduction in Louisiana’s already skimpy shield against a hurricane storm surge. “We’re finished. We’re out of business’’ if that happens, Nungesser said.
This news was not a huge surprise. For days, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has predicted that thick oil might make landfall near here....
But....
Meanwhile, BP said....
Officials had first estimated the leak at 5,000 barrels a day, but outside analysts have said it appears much larger than that. Video of the leak, released by US Senators Bill Nelson, Democrat of Florida, and Barbara Boxer, Democrat of California, showed oil continuing to billow out of the leaking pipe, even with the siphon pipe inserted into it.
The company’s plan to stop the leak involves pumping heavy “kill mud’’ at 40 barrels a minute into openings in the blowout preventer, a mechanism that surrounds the drill pipe. If the influx of mud does not clog up the drill pipe, a BP spokesman said, the company could still use a “junk shot’’ later — pumping larger debris such as golf balls and pieces of tire into the mechanism.
Mark Proegler, a BP spokesman, said the company had not used the mud-pumping technique earlier because it had to first gather data about pressures inside the blowout preventer. “It takes a while to gather the information we need,’’ Proegler said.
So far, officials said, the oil has not caused catastrophic damage on shore: Just 23 oiled birds have been found dead, in contrast to the tens of thousands that were killed by the
Also see: White House Covers Up Menacing Oil "Blob"
Yup, the GOVERNMENT and MSM LIES NEVER END!!
That worry was heightened by Monday’s discovery in Key West. If the tar balls found there are determined to have come from the BP leak, that could mean some oil has made its way into the “inner loop’’ currents of the Gulf Stream. NOAA scientists said that if oil is swept up in the current, it might take eight or 10 days to reach the Florida Keys.
Related: 2 scientists say oil is nearing a far-reaching current
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WASHINGTON — The federal official overseeing offshore drilling announced his departure yesterday in a fallout from the Gulf oil spill and criticism that federal regulators have been too cozy with industry.
That's because the agencies are STAFFED with INDUSTRY PEOPLE!
Also see: Coal Miner's Slaughter
President Obama, meanwhile, has decided to have a presidential commission investigate the cause of the rig explosion that unleashed millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, where engineers are struggling after three weeks to stop the flow.
PFFFFFFTTTTTT!!!!!
Another COVER-UP COMMISSION!
The presidential panel will be similar to ones that examined the Challenger space shuttle disaster and Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accident, said a White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the decision had not been formally announced.
In Congress, more attention was focused on the Gulf spill.
Senator Barbara Boxer, Democrat of California, and seven other senators asked the Justice Department to determine whether
But lawmakers are taking aim not only at BP at hearings this week, but also at the Interior Department’s regulation of offshore drilling, which allowed BP to operate without assurance a massive spill could be prevented.
The fallout from the Gulf spill began having its impact yesterday on the agency charged with regulating offshore drilling.
Chris Oynes, the associate Minerals Management Service administrator for offshore drilling programs, informed colleagues he will retire at the end of the month, according to an e-mail sent to agency officials.
Oynes, who was regional director in charge of Gulf offshore oil programs for 13 years before he was promoted in 2007 to head all offshore drilling programs, has come under criticism for being too close to the industry.
Oynes, who has been in government for more than 30 years, told colleagues unexpectedly that he will retire on May 31. He was unavailable for comment.
The departure was welcomed on Capitol Hill....
At a Senate hearing, Coast Guard Rear Admiral Peter Neffenger said the Gulf oil spill demonstrates that response plans for future spills need to be changed....
Future spills?
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LOS ANGELES — The federal agency responsible for ensuring that the Deepwater Horizon was operating safely before it exploded last month fell well short of its own policy that the rig be inspected at least once per month, an Associated Press investigation found.
In fact, the agency’s inspection frequency on the Deepwater Horizon fell dramatically over the past five years, according to federal Minerals Management Service records. The rig blew up April 20, killing 11 people before sinking and triggering a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Since January 2005, inspectors issued just one minor infraction for the rig. That track record led the agency last year to herald the Deepwater Horizon as an industry model for safety.
The inspection gaps are the latest in a series of questions raised about the agency’s oversight of the oil drilling industry. Members of Congress and President Obama have criticized what they call the cozy relationship between regulators and oil companies and vowed to reform MMS, which both regulates the industry and collects billions in royalties from it.
But not as much as they could recoup for you, taxpayers.
Related: Earth Day: Oily Obama
Earlier investigations by the Associated Press have shown that the doomed rig was allowed to operate without safety documentation required by MMS regulations for the exact disaster scenario that occurred....
But remember, it is a NATURAL DISASTER!
Is that so BP will NOT BE SUED or LIABLE, MSM?
In response to an Associated Press query on how many times government safety inspectors visited the rig, and what they found, MMS officials offered a changing series of numbers. The agency has had longstanding issues with its data management.
Translation: The GOVERNMENT LIED -- AGAIN!!!!!
At first, officials said 83 inspections had been performed since the rig arrived in the Gulf 104 months ago, in September 2001.... officials subsequently revised the total up to 88 inspections. The number of more recent inspections also changed — from 26 to 48 in the 64 months since January 2005. No explanation was given for the upward revisions....
Even using the more favorable numbers....
Interior Department spokeswoman Kendra Barkoff would not comment on the inspection numbers. Instead, she offered a general statement: “We are looking at all the questions that are coming out of the Deepwater Horizon incident.’’
In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, the agency has released copies of only three inspection reports: those conducted in January, February, and April. According to the documents, inspectors spent two hours or less each time they visited the massive rig.
Some information appeared to be “whited out,’’ without explanation....
Yeah, WHY BOTHER HIDING the COVER-UP, huh?
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Related: Obama talks tough on oil
I'd rather he not speak at all.
"Despite setback, BP confident new try to stop spill will work; Tube to suck oil from well to ship is being adjusted" by Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press | May 16, 2010
ROBERT, La. —
Oh, so we are EXPERIMENTING, are we?
BP believes it can hook up its mile-long tube to suck oil from a blown-out well, despite an earlier snag with connecting two pieces of equipment. If successful, it would be the first time the company has captured any of the oil since a rig sank April 22 and millions of gallons of crude started spewing into the ocean.
The company also began spraying dispersants beneath the sea yesterday and said the chemicals appear to have reduced the amount of surface oil. The spraying is a contentious development because it has never been done underwater.
Yeah, they are SPRAYING POISON into the water that is going to KILL THINGS!
Technicians have been working since early Friday to insert the tube into an oil pipe a mile beneath the surface using robotic submarines. The tube is intended to suck oil up like a straw to a tanker on the surface, while a stopper surrounding it would keep crude from leaking into the sea.
Engineers trying to connect the lengthy tube to framework on the bottom of the ocean ran into trouble Friday, BP chief operating officer Doug Suttles said. The framework had to be brought to the surface to be adjusted.
The framework was returned to the ocean floor, and engineers were attempting again to hook it up. They hoped to start bringing up oil by last night, Suttles said.
If it works, BP thinks it would contain more than three-quarters of the leak. A smaller leak is several thousand feet away at the site of the blowout preventer....
See how the LIES NEVER END?
On Friday, federal regulators approved the underwater use of the chemical dispersants, which act like a detergent to break the oil into small globules and allows it to disperse more quickly into the water or air before it comes ashore.
The decision by the Environmental Protection Agency to allow the chemicals to be used below the surface angered state officials and fishermen, who complained that regulators ignored their concerns about negative effects on the environment and fish.
Yeah, THAT INDUSTRY has been TOTALLY DESTROYED!
“The EPA is conducting a giant experiment with our most productive fisheries by approving the use of these powerful chemicals on a massive, unprecedented scale,’’ John Williams, executive director of the Southern Shrimp Alliance, said in a news release.
The shrimpers’ concerns come a day after Louisiana Health and Hospitals Secretary Alan Levine sent a letter to BP outlining similar concerns. BP and the Coast Guard said several tests were done before approval was given.
“We didn’t cross this threshold lightly,’’ Coast Guard Rear Admiral Mary Landry said. “This is a tool that will be analyzed and monitored.’’
Oh, GOVERNMENT SAID it was OKAY, huh?
Meanwhile, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano asked BP to make clear in public whether it will limit how much it pays for cleaning up the spill and compensating people hurt by it.
In a letter to BP’s chief executive, Tony Hayward, she noted that he and other executives have said they are taking full responsibility for cleaning up the spill and will pay what they call “legitimate’’ claims.--more--"
Up to $75 million dollars -- then it is YOU who will be FOOTING the BILL, taxpayers!
See: Oil Tax Increase By Congress Would Fund Federal Cleanup, Response To Oil Spills
NEW YORK — The company that owns the sunken Deepwater Horizon rig will petition a federal court to cap its liability at less than $27 million. Transocean Ltd. would then be left with as much as $533 million in insurance money from the failed venture — almost enough to cover the revenue it expected from a three-year contract with BP....
Un-flipping-real!
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WASHINGTON —
BP’s announcement of the pipe threading operation came a day after hearings in Washington and Louisiana uncovered facts that drive home an unsettling point about America’s oil industry: key safety features at thousands of US offshore wells are barely regulated.
It remains unclear what, if anything, Congress or the Obama administration may do to address regulatory deficiencies.
Well, they were in on them, so....
The well’s owner, global oil company BP PLC, said yesterday that its costs for trying to stop the gusher, containing the spill, and helping Gulf states foot the response tab totaled $450 million, up $100 million since its May 10 update to securities regulators. BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles said Wednesday the bill rises by at least $10 million a day.
Yeah, well, F*** BP!!!!
How many BILLIONS did they make in PROFIT last year?
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Related: A lot went wrong at oil rig, evidence shows
Also see: Nuking the Gulf Spill Shut
Yeah, go back into your shell, Globe:
They were the unlucky ones: close to 200 critically endangered and frozen Kemp’s ridley turtles plucked from Cape Cod beaches by volunteers last winter. Most died, but more than two dozen have spent months recovering....
Yes, the RECORD-COLD WINTER is always SOMEHOW MINIMIZED by the global-warming gushing newspaper.
See: Florida's Frozen Orange Juice
The Agenda-Pushing Boston Globe Has Frozen Egg on Its Face
Ah, they just wipe it off and keep on lying.
Officials at the New England Aquarium had planned to release about a dozen of the dinner-plate-sized turtles in the Gulf last month, until the massive
By yesterday in the Gulf, 207 turtles, most dead, had been found in the oil spill area....
Yeah, MORE LOSS of PRECIOUS LIFE -- while the MSM and government lie to us about the scale of this EPOCHAL MOMENT !
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