We haven't heard much about the Gulf of Mexico lately, and what we have heard from BP is a cheery line of 'Well, back to normal!' that is <gasp> slightly less than true.
Vast regions of the Gulf are covered in a thick layer of crude and dead animals. See for yourself here. But because the damage isn't visible from the top, BP and their best buddy Feinberg have been accused of underestimating the damage and dragging their heels in paying Gulf residents who lost everything in the spill the money these people were promised.
Now, to make matters worse, BP is complaining that Feinberg is being too generous in his meager payouts. And that's while BP is flooding Washington with lobbyists and paid 'scientists' who are actively working to reduce the official total volume of oil spilled -- because that number directly affects the payouts.
Read about it here.
BP is doing precisely what Exxon did in the wake of the Valdez spill. They drag their heels, throw legions of lawyers in every direction, and bide their time, knowing their petro-pockets are deeper than any of the plaintiffs'.
It's despicable. But that's way big business is done.
BP and all the rest will be drilling in the Gulf again, before the summer is out. And they'll be cutting corners and taking risks and generally acting like boozed-up seventeen year olds with their first taste of whiskey and freedom.
Live and don't learn, that's us.
Vast regions of the Gulf are covered in a thick layer of crude and dead animals. See for yourself here. But because the damage isn't visible from the top, BP and their best buddy Feinberg have been accused of underestimating the damage and dragging their heels in paying Gulf residents who lost everything in the spill the money these people were promised.
Now, to make matters worse, BP is complaining that Feinberg is being too generous in his meager payouts. And that's while BP is flooding Washington with lobbyists and paid 'scientists' who are actively working to reduce the official total volume of oil spilled -- because that number directly affects the payouts.
Read about it here.
BP is doing precisely what Exxon did in the wake of the Valdez spill. They drag their heels, throw legions of lawyers in every direction, and bide their time, knowing their petro-pockets are deeper than any of the plaintiffs'.
It's despicable. But that's way big business is done.
BP and all the rest will be drilling in the Gulf again, before the summer is out. And they'll be cutting corners and taking risks and generally acting like boozed-up seventeen year olds with their first taste of whiskey and freedom.
Live and don't learn, that's us.
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