Nigerians angry at oil pollution double standards By Christian Purefoy, CNN June 30, 2010 7:33 a.m. EDT I’m angry with them! Nigeria’s Niger Delta is one of the most oil-polluted places on the planet with more than 6,800 recorded oil spills, accounting for anywhere from 9 million to 13 million barrels of oil spilled, according [...]
Posts Tagged ‘BP oil spill’
Too Much Government Regulation?
Posted in Around the World, tagged BP oil spill, conservative values, corporate responsibility, developing world, environment, government regulation, Niger Delta, Nigeria, oil consumption on Thursday, 1 July 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Tea Party – here’s a surprise (NOT!)
Posted in Homefront, tagged big business, big government, BP oil spill, conservative values, conservatives, oil spill '10, Republicans, Tea Party on Monday, 21 June 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Tea partiers wary of regulation, even in BP spill By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press Writer Amazing to me that conservatives aren’t more concerned that BP didn’t take… well (no pun intended)… a CONSERVATIVE approach to deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico! In the two months since BP’s underwater well ruptured and started belching [...]
Saturday Smörgåsbord
Posted in Saturday Smörgåsbord, tagged artchitecture, Beech Bend, BP oil spill, goats, Harmony Art Mom, homeschooling, humor, oil spill '10, peace, weather on Saturday, 19 June 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I bet everyone out there is getting sick of hearing about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. I’m not. My biggest fear is that those who live far from the disaster will forget about the gulf, forget about what’s happening down there. These people won’t be forgetting any time soon. The [...]
Big Business and Obligation to Shareholders
Posted in Homefront, tagged big business, big government, BP oil spill, capitalism, corporate responsibility on Sunday, 6 June 2010 | 2 Comments »
BP official grilled by frustrated mayors at news conference Kennon later told CNN that he met with Fryar for about 45 minutes after the news conference, but said he still had “no confidence” in BP’s economic response to communities hard-hit financially by the disaster. “(Fryar) made it very clear to us … that (BP’s) first [...]
Corruption induced nausea…
Posted in Homefront, tagged BP oil spill, capitalism, conservative values, Gulf of Mexico, politics, Republicans, Rod Dreher on Sunday, 30 May 2010 | 1 Comment »
Documents Show Early Worries About Safety of Rig The documents show that in March, after several weeks of problems on the rig, BP was struggling with a loss of “well control.” And as far back as 11 months ago, it was concerned about the well casing and the blowout preventer. Too much risk. Profits over [...]
Why I’m not a fan of off-shore drilling…
Posted in Homefront, tagged BP oil spill, capitalism, energy conservation, off-shore drilling on Wednesday, 12 May 2010 | 1 Comment »
BP knew of problems hours before blast The test indicated pressure was building up in the well, which could indicate oil or gas was seeping in and could lead to an explosion, said Waxman. “Yet it appears the companies did not suspend operations, and now 11 workers are dead and the Gulf faces an environmental [...]
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