by eKos
Welcome to the eKos Earthship, your one-stop-shop for green diaries and series. As an added bonus, today's Earthship hosts Edition #7 of Laughing Planet's This week in climate change. All hands on deck! Hoist the cyber sails. We launch with climate news, announcements, today's eco-diary roundup, and our environmental video of the day. BTW, follow us on Twitter! and tweet us above with the #ekos tag! Tonight's Commander is boatsie
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
BP Caught Lying About The Oil Spill Estimate!
by slinkerwink
This report by Bloomberg basically confirms what we've known all along---BP was lying about the original oil estimate from the start. They knew the oil estimate could possibly be higher than the 1,000 barrels a day, and this is precisely why we've needed an independent official estimate of the oil spill----and we still don't have that estimate. May 26 (Bloomberg) -- A BP Plc document shows the company’s well in the Gulf of Mexico may be leaking about 14,000 barrels of oil a day, more than publicly estimated, U.S. Representative Edward Markey said today. The internal BP document from April 27 put a high estimate for the leak at 14,266 barrels a day, Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, said today at a House Natural Resources Committee hearing. At the time, BP was saying publicly that its well was leaking 1,000 barrels a day, Markey said. Please read for more information about the BP internal document below the jump, and the excellent work that Representative Markey (D-MA) has done on this issue:
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This report by Bloomberg basically confirms what we've known all along---BP was lying about the original oil estimate from the start. They knew the oil estimate could possibly be higher than the 1,000 barrels a day, and this is precisely why we've needed an independent official estimate of the oil spill----and we still don't have that estimate. May 26 (Bloomberg) -- A BP Plc document shows the company’s well in the Gulf of Mexico may be leaking about 14,000 barrels of oil a day, more than publicly estimated, U.S. Representative Edward Markey said today. The internal BP document from April 27 put a high estimate for the leak at 14,266 barrels a day, Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, said today at a House Natural Resources Committee hearing. At the time, BP was saying publicly that its well was leaking 1,000 barrels a day, Markey said. Please read for more information about the BP internal document below the jump, and the excellent work that Representative Markey (D-MA) has done on this issue:
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EcoAdvocates: Where the Buffalo Don't Yet Roam
by Meteor Blades
"The buffalo are disappearing rapidly, but not faster than I desire. I regard the destruction of such game as Indians subsist upon as facilitating the policy of the Government, of destroying their hunting habits, coercing them on reservations, and compelling them to begin to adopt the habits of civilization." – Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano, Testimony to Congress, 1874 The Wasichus [white men] did not kill them to eat, they killed them for the metal that makes them crazy, and they took only the hides to sell. Sometimes they did not even take the hides, only the tongues. You can see that the men who did this were crazy. Sometimes they did not even take the tongues; they just killed and killed because they liked to do that. When we hunted bison, we killed only what we needed. And when there was nothing left but heaps of bones, the Wasichus came and gathered up even the bones and sold them." – Lakota shaman Black Elk in Black Elk Speaks, 1932 By 1870, the great herds of buffalo, or American Bison, that had in the 1500s roamed everywhere except present-day New England, were limited to 11 Western states and territories. There were still millions of them, perhaps 40 million. The massive slaughter that began in earnest in 1874 ended nine years later. By 1890, only 500 bison remained, and the devastated, decimated tribes who had depended on them were confined to reservations. Today, there are around 400,000 fenced bison in commercial herds, most of them genetically intermixed with cattle breeds and sold for meat domestically and abroad. But over the past 23 years, there has been a movement to repopulate the lightly populated areas of the West with vast new herds of genetically pure bison. That idea began with Deborah Epstein Popper and Frank J. Popper in a 1987 article in Planning, The Great Plains: From Dust to Dust.
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"The buffalo are disappearing rapidly, but not faster than I desire. I regard the destruction of such game as Indians subsist upon as facilitating the policy of the Government, of destroying their hunting habits, coercing them on reservations, and compelling them to begin to adopt the habits of civilization." – Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano, Testimony to Congress, 1874 The Wasichus [white men] did not kill them to eat, they killed them for the metal that makes them crazy, and they took only the hides to sell. Sometimes they did not even take the hides, only the tongues. You can see that the men who did this were crazy. Sometimes they did not even take the tongues; they just killed and killed because they liked to do that. When we hunted bison, we killed only what we needed. And when there was nothing left but heaps of bones, the Wasichus came and gathered up even the bones and sold them." – Lakota shaman Black Elk in Black Elk Speaks, 1932 By 1870, the great herds of buffalo, or American Bison, that had in the 1500s roamed everywhere except present-day New England, were limited to 11 Western states and territories. There were still millions of them, perhaps 40 million. The massive slaughter that began in earnest in 1874 ended nine years later. By 1890, only 500 bison remained, and the devastated, decimated tribes who had depended on them were confined to reservations. Today, there are around 400,000 fenced bison in commercial herds, most of them genetically intermixed with cattle breeds and sold for meat domestically and abroad. But over the past 23 years, there has been a movement to repopulate the lightly populated areas of the West with vast new herds of genetically pure bison. That idea began with Deborah Epstein Popper and Frank J. Popper in a 1987 article in Planning, The Great Plains: From Dust to Dust.
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Another Oil Spill in Alaska
by Quite Contrary
Perhaps the MSM would have picked this up if it weren't for the Mother of All Oil Spills in the Gulf. http://www.adn.com/... Alyeska 'may have dropped ball,' official says The trans-Alaska pipeline remained shut down today as responders took a cautious approach to cleaning up thousands of barrels of crude oil that spilled into a containment area at a pump station. Investigators from six state and federal agencies have arrived or are on their way to the pump station near Delta Junction to investigate the accident there...
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Perhaps the MSM would have picked this up if it weren't for the Mother of All Oil Spills in the Gulf. http://www.adn.com/... Alyeska 'may have dropped ball,' official says The trans-Alaska pipeline remained shut down today as responders took a cautious approach to cleaning up thousands of barrels of crude oil that spilled into a containment area at a pump station. Investigators from six state and federal agencies have arrived or are on their way to the pump station near Delta Junction to investigate the accident there...
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This is not the candy store of the oil and gas kingdom...
by zapus
Obama's Interior Secretary delivers a scorcher on Lamborn (Idiot R-CO) No matter what you think of Ken Salazar (he's taken a somewhat undeserved beating on this site, IMO), this was a sweet truth laid on a Repug nit-wit from Colorado Springs... See this and more below the fold...
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Obama's Interior Secretary delivers a scorcher on Lamborn (Idiot R-CO) No matter what you think of Ken Salazar (he's taken a somewhat undeserved beating on this site, IMO), this was a sweet truth laid on a Repug nit-wit from Colorado Springs... See this and more below the fold...
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“Greening” Fisheries Could Calm Troubled Waters
by BorderJumpers
Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet.
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Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet.
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A U.S. success story in bicycling: Davis, CA
by pat of butter in a sea of grits
How do we improve the ability to bicycle in the United States? I thought I'd share some information from a success story, Davis, California, the first (and one of only three) U.S. cities to have earned a Platinum Level award from the League of American Bicyclists. The other two are Boulder and Portland.
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How do we improve the ability to bicycle in the United States? I thought I'd share some information from a success story, Davis, California, the first (and one of only three) U.S. cities to have earned a Platinum Level award from the League of American Bicyclists. The other two are Boulder and Portland.
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Nalco: Profiting from the Gulf environmental catastrophe
by Eclectablog
Ahh, Nalco. Such a truly wonderful chemical company you are. Making over $100 MILLION PER QUARTER in profits. And such a caring, environmentally and socially-conscious company, too. Why, they only sold $40 MILLION worth of dispersants in one month. Heck that's nuthin'...
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Ahh, Nalco. Such a truly wonderful chemical company you are. Making over $100 MILLION PER QUARTER in profits. And such a caring, environmentally and socially-conscious company, too. Why, they only sold $40 MILLION worth of dispersants in one month. Heck that's nuthin'...
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Climate Skeptics Win Debate at Oxford
by pragprogress
Last week, members of the historic Oxford Union Society, "the world’s premier debating society", held a debate on climate change policy, with skeptics carrying the day by a vote of 135 to 110. Some may argue that the debate was a bit "stacked" given that it was sponsored by the Science and Public Policy Institute, an organization whose mission statement includes the following: The Institute urges critical appraisal of legislative "climate fixes" for their social, political, and economic and security costs, along with their relative utility or futility. Proposals demanding prodigious economic or political sacrifices for the sake of negligible climatic benefits should be rejected in favor of policies to address graver, more immediate concerns about which something constructive can actually be done.
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Last week, members of the historic Oxford Union Society, "the world’s premier debating society", held a debate on climate change policy, with skeptics carrying the day by a vote of 135 to 110. Some may argue that the debate was a bit "stacked" given that it was sponsored by the Science and Public Policy Institute, an organization whose mission statement includes the following: The Institute urges critical appraisal of legislative "climate fixes" for their social, political, and economic and security costs, along with their relative utility or futility. Proposals demanding prodigious economic or political sacrifices for the sake of negligible climatic benefits should be rejected in favor of policies to address graver, more immediate concerns about which something constructive can actually be done.
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To Pres. Obama & Members of Congress Given the Gulf Environmental Emergency - Please Nationalize BP!
by Democrats Ramshield
This action diary asks you to write to the your members of Congress to request that they immediately take action given the environmental emergency in the Gulf to nationalize British Petroleum and to conduct a full and fair investigation, which would bring all culpable parties to justice. Effects of Oil on Wildlife & Habitat Oil has the potential to persist in the environment long after a spill event and has been detected in sediment 30 years after a spill. From The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Dead Dolphins Wash Ashore Along Gulf After BP Oil Spill The diary contains video which gives a quick informed overview including reporters during a White House briefing asking why doesn't the government move immediately to nationalize BP? Let's understand that doing nothing will cost the Obama administration the next election.
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This action diary asks you to write to the your members of Congress to request that they immediately take action given the environmental emergency in the Gulf to nationalize British Petroleum and to conduct a full and fair investigation, which would bring all culpable parties to justice. Effects of Oil on Wildlife & Habitat Oil has the potential to persist in the environment long after a spill event and has been detected in sediment 30 years after a spill. From The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Dead Dolphins Wash Ashore Along Gulf After BP Oil Spill The diary contains video which gives a quick informed overview including reporters during a White House briefing asking why doesn't the government move immediately to nationalize BP? Let's understand that doing nothing will cost the Obama administration the next election.
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Bikers: Stop Ruining the Environment
by CheckRaise
I’m hoping that the current Gulf disaster encourages many more people to grab a bike and help cut our dependence on oil. TheFatLadySings has a great diary on the rec list with a video at the end showing bikers during rush hour in the Netherlands. It got me thinking about bike commuting, and it’s always been on my mind to write a diary about this topic. I’ve discovered over the past 3 years of commuting to work by bike that it’s possible to be an irresponsible biker. Though you may save gas at the pump, if you’re not conscientious, you may end up using more oil than you have to. Join me after the jump for the details.
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I’m hoping that the current Gulf disaster encourages many more people to grab a bike and help cut our dependence on oil. TheFatLadySings has a great diary on the rec list with a video at the end showing bikers during rush hour in the Netherlands. It got me thinking about bike commuting, and it’s always been on my mind to write a diary about this topic. I’ve discovered over the past 3 years of commuting to work by bike that it’s possible to be an irresponsible biker. Though you may save gas at the pump, if you’re not conscientious, you may end up using more oil than you have to. Join me after the jump for the details.
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Cuba Diaries: My Trip to Peak Oil
by Jill Richardson
With oil filling up the Gulf, I figured a diary about a country that got itself (mostly) off oil is a good idea. When the USSR collapsed, Cuba ran out of most of its oil nearly overnight. For the first four years, Cubans starved. Without agrochemicals and imports, they couldn't feed themselves. Then, out of necessity, they developed a system of agroecology and urban agriculture. Today, Cuba's one of the world's meccas of sustainable agriculture. I've just returned from spending 10 days there, visiting urban farms and gardens. The U.S. has a lot we could learn from Cuba. Travel to Cuba is restricted, although my trip was legal. The trip was ridiculously expensive - double or triple what a trip to elsewhere in Latin America would cost for the same thing - partially due to the requirements to get there legally. I urge you to please write your Congresscritters and Obama to end the blockade and embargo on Cuba. The Cuban people are unfairly its victims and the policies are outdated, silly, and cruel. Here's some info on how Cuba got off oil.
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With oil filling up the Gulf, I figured a diary about a country that got itself (mostly) off oil is a good idea. When the USSR collapsed, Cuba ran out of most of its oil nearly overnight. For the first four years, Cubans starved. Without agrochemicals and imports, they couldn't feed themselves. Then, out of necessity, they developed a system of agroecology and urban agriculture. Today, Cuba's one of the world's meccas of sustainable agriculture. I've just returned from spending 10 days there, visiting urban farms and gardens. The U.S. has a lot we could learn from Cuba. Travel to Cuba is restricted, although my trip was legal. The trip was ridiculously expensive - double or triple what a trip to elsewhere in Latin America would cost for the same thing - partially due to the requirements to get there legally. I urge you to please write your Congresscritters and Obama to end the blockade and embargo on Cuba. The Cuban people are unfairly its victims and the policies are outdated, silly, and cruel. Here's some info on how Cuba got off oil.
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Top Kill has begun! Update #2, with multi view link.
by Tomtech
According to tweets from BP the top kill procedure has begun. Oil_Spill_2010 RT @BP_America: BP has started"top kill" operations to stop the flow of oil from the MC252 well in the Gulf of Mexico. #oilspill [Update #1] BP has changed the source of their video feed. It now shows a close up of the blow out preventer. [Update #2] CNN has a multi camera view available here.
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According to tweets from BP the top kill procedure has begun. Oil_Spill_2010 RT @BP_America: BP has started"top kill" operations to stop the flow of oil from the MC252 well in the Gulf of Mexico. #oilspill [Update #1] BP has changed the source of their video feed. It now shows a close up of the blow out preventer. [Update #2] CNN has a multi camera view available here.
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What Our Leaders Can Do
by JRandomPoster
There's been a lot of talk about what our leaders can - and should - be doing to address the Gulf catastrophe. This is a time when we need strong leadership. And I'm not talking about waving some magic wand, or having the President personally plug the leak. I'm quite cognizant of the fact that there are no known good solutions at this point in time. But there are actions that can be taken to lead us both towards a solution to the ongoing crisis, towards prevention of further drilling incidents, and towards breaking our addiction to the wasteful use of our energy and resources that can be taken, and taken now. These are pragmatic actions that lead towards a stronger nation and towards ensuring that future generations have at least some resources and energy supplies. Furthermore, they are actions that would increase political capitol and push the electoral calculus in favor of our Democratic leaders.
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There's been a lot of talk about what our leaders can - and should - be doing to address the Gulf catastrophe. This is a time when we need strong leadership. And I'm not talking about waving some magic wand, or having the President personally plug the leak. I'm quite cognizant of the fact that there are no known good solutions at this point in time. But there are actions that can be taken to lead us both towards a solution to the ongoing crisis, towards prevention of further drilling incidents, and towards breaking our addiction to the wasteful use of our energy and resources that can be taken, and taken now. These are pragmatic actions that lead towards a stronger nation and towards ensuring that future generations have at least some resources and energy supplies. Furthermore, they are actions that would increase political capitol and push the electoral calculus in favor of our Democratic leaders.
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DOI: Drilling Regulators Ethics Violations. With Friends Like These...
by Gangster Octopus
Yesterday the Office of the Inspector General released a report which addresses a number of allegations that Minerals Management For a brief overview you can go to ProPublica but here is a snippet: The Department of the Interior’s Office of the Inspector General released a report [2] this morning indicating as much. At one Gulf Coast office of MMS, agency officials attended sporting events [3] on the dime of oil companies, stored porn [4] on company computers, used cocaine and crystal meth [4], and falsified inspection reports [5].
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Yesterday the Office of the Inspector General released a report which addresses a number of allegations that Minerals Management For a brief overview you can go to ProPublica but here is a snippet: The Department of the Interior’s Office of the Inspector General released a report [2] this morning indicating as much. At one Gulf Coast office of MMS, agency officials attended sporting events [3] on the dime of oil companies, stored porn [4] on company computers, used cocaine and crystal meth [4], and falsified inspection reports [5].
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Power politics: Utilities vs. coal ash regulation
by Sue Sturgis
After years of inaction, federal officials are mulling new regulations to confront the growing problem of coal ash. But energy companies have fought off regulation before, and they're fighting the new rules every step of the way.
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After years of inaction, federal officials are mulling new regulations to confront the growing problem of coal ash. But energy companies have fought off regulation before, and they're fighting the new rules every step of the way.
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Even worse: shallow oil pipelines in dying wetlands
by mwmwm
So I'm mesmerized in horror, watching the hypnotic gush of the live feed. I'm groaning over the ocean life that will die unnoticed in the deep, after ingesting toxic dispersants and more-toxic oil. I'm grieving for the oil-soaked wetlands, and all those to come, suffocated by the black coating of our collective addiction to cheap energy. And then: The National Geographic reports on a problem that I'd not considered: a feedback system that I fear will consume the life and livelihoods of the coast.
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So I'm mesmerized in horror, watching the hypnotic gush of the live feed. I'm groaning over the ocean life that will die unnoticed in the deep, after ingesting toxic dispersants and more-toxic oil. I'm grieving for the oil-soaked wetlands, and all those to come, suffocated by the black coating of our collective addiction to cheap energy. And then: The National Geographic reports on a problem that I'd not considered: a feedback system that I fear will consume the life and livelihoods of the coast.
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About that Oil Spill ........Leak........Whatever you want to call it
by TheRealAlasandra
Gov. Haley Barbour said he doesn’t think the Deepwater Horizon oil spill should mark the end of offshore drilling in the United States Rumor has it Haley Barbour was considering running for President. Considering his handling of the oil spill "no big deal according to him" I doubt he could get elected dog catcher. At least not by anyone who actually cares about our environment.
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Gov. Haley Barbour said he doesn’t think the Deepwater Horizon oil spill should mark the end of offshore drilling in the United States Rumor has it Haley Barbour was considering running for President. Considering his handling of the oil spill "no big deal according to him" I doubt he could get elected dog catcher. At least not by anyone who actually cares about our environment.
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the circuitous path of tracking those undersea oil plumes
by jamess
Gulf oil plume darker; not good news, expert says By SETH BORENSTEIN -- May 25, 2010 The color of the oil gushing from the main pipe has changed in color from medium gray to black. Two scientists noticed the change, which oil company BP downplayed as a natural fluctuation that is not likely permanent. But engineering professor Bob Bea at the University of California at Berkeley says the color change may indicate the BP leak has hit a reservoir of more oil and less gas. Gas is less polluting because it evaporates. Bea has spent more than 55 years working and studying oil rigs. Sounds serious. Too bad we can't get any submarines down there to start tracking all that Oil, which scientists previously reported, looked to be spreading far and wide, at the mid-levels of the Gulf waters. Luckily, the Scientist behind the first effort to track the underwater oil plumes, is mounting a second effort, with some new sciencey gadgets ...
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Gulf oil plume darker; not good news, expert says By SETH BORENSTEIN -- May 25, 2010 The color of the oil gushing from the main pipe has changed in color from medium gray to black. Two scientists noticed the change, which oil company BP downplayed as a natural fluctuation that is not likely permanent. But engineering professor Bob Bea at the University of California at Berkeley says the color change may indicate the BP leak has hit a reservoir of more oil and less gas. Gas is less polluting because it evaporates. Bea has spent more than 55 years working and studying oil rigs. Sounds serious. Too bad we can't get any submarines down there to start tracking all that Oil, which scientists previously reported, looked to be spreading far and wide, at the mid-levels of the Gulf waters. Luckily, the Scientist behind the first effort to track the underwater oil plumes, is mounting a second effort, with some new sciencey gadgets ...
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Algae Bloom Dead Zones in the Great Lakes
by Muskegon Critic
I'll get to my environmental topic in a moment, plus a little extra BP angry-candy. But first, it's been hot. Crazy hot. To give you an idea of how crazy hot, last frost isn't until June 4th here. And yet it's been getting close to the 90s. We've had an early summer here this year, and people are doing the Summer thing early, dressing down to their swimmies and heading down to the water's edge to get some cool, free relief from the heat...and maybe to watch other people who have dressed down to their swimmies. Today I went down to the Big Lake on another beautiful day and found a thin, green film floating atop the water. Algae. Growing in the heat.
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I'll get to my environmental topic in a moment, plus a little extra BP angry-candy. But first, it's been hot. Crazy hot. To give you an idea of how crazy hot, last frost isn't until June 4th here. And yet it's been getting close to the 90s. We've had an early summer here this year, and people are doing the Summer thing early, dressing down to their swimmies and heading down to the water's edge to get some cool, free relief from the heat...and maybe to watch other people who have dressed down to their swimmies. Today I went down to the Big Lake on another beautiful day and found a thin, green film floating atop the water. Algae. Growing in the heat.
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BP Disaster – Insurance and Risk
by Sara R
A friend made the comment that BP was fully insured for the Deepwater Horizon loss. I did some looking – and was shocked to find that, not only is BP self-insured by a captive insurer and it does not look like they reinsured. I’ll get back to this momentarily – but wanted to share some questions first. If there were interested insurers in the picture, would mitigation of the loss be further along? I’m curious. At the risk of comparing apples and oranges, I have a bone to pick. It was recently mandated that the American people will be required to buy insurance on their own health. Why then are large corporations not required to have the risks of their business better covered than BP’s well was, especially in such environmentally sensitive ventures such as off-shore drilling? Apparently, BP made a business decision not to purchase insurance and not to purchase reinsurance. Did the company at all properly assess the amount of risk they were taking on themselves with their off-shore wells has the drilling been a blind gamble?
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A friend made the comment that BP was fully insured for the Deepwater Horizon loss. I did some looking – and was shocked to find that, not only is BP self-insured by a captive insurer and it does not look like they reinsured. I’ll get back to this momentarily – but wanted to share some questions first. If there were interested insurers in the picture, would mitigation of the loss be further along? I’m curious. At the risk of comparing apples and oranges, I have a bone to pick. It was recently mandated that the American people will be required to buy insurance on their own health. Why then are large corporations not required to have the risks of their business better covered than BP’s well was, especially in such environmentally sensitive ventures such as off-shore drilling? Apparently, BP made a business decision not to purchase insurance and not to purchase reinsurance. Did the company at all properly assess the amount of risk they were taking on themselves with their off-shore wells has the drilling been a blind gamble?
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Big Eels and Fish That Fly - A Hawai'ian Photo Diary
by Haole in Hawaii
This is another in a series of diaries offered as a distraction from the struggle of the day, a brief respite from meta wars, and a reminder that the world is full of amazing critters. Of course with the ongoing disaster in the Gulf any photos of marine life may take on a little greater significance. I hope you enjoy your visit here. Makaha Valley
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This is another in a series of diaries offered as a distraction from the struggle of the day, a brief respite from meta wars, and a reminder that the world is full of amazing critters. Of course with the ongoing disaster in the Gulf any photos of marine life may take on a little greater significance. I hope you enjoy your visit here. Makaha Valley
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The MMS Division is doing things "Big Pimpin' Style"
by icebergslim
The President tells an aide: PLUG THE DAMN HOLE.... My sentiments too, because this is becoming an embarrassment of the highest caliber and it falls under the Obama Watch. Yes, the Obama Watch. Even though we KNOW that this despicable department had all kind of bullshit, and illegal bullshit attached to it while Bush Co. was in charge, the problem is that it never was FIXED. And we are in year two of the Obama Watch. Thus.... it falls under our watch.
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The President tells an aide: PLUG THE DAMN HOLE.... My sentiments too, because this is becoming an embarrassment of the highest caliber and it falls under the Obama Watch. Yes, the Obama Watch. Even though we KNOW that this despicable department had all kind of bullshit, and illegal bullshit attached to it while Bush Co. was in charge, the problem is that it never was FIXED. And we are in year two of the Obama Watch. Thus.... it falls under our watch.
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