Taylor Energy benefitted from lax regulation, now claims it can’t stop—or clean up—ongoing spill I didn’t know this was even possible. Did you know that an oil company can drill in the Gulf of Mexico and, when things go horribly wrong—as in “multiple wellheads pumping oil into the seawater for 14 years” type of wrong—the […]
Government ready to roll back regulations even as scientists continue assessment of long-term destruction Shortly after the deadly catastrophes at BP’s Macondo Prospect in the Gulf of Mexico, several government agencies began examining the chain of failures that allowed and caused it to happen. The disaster of the Deepwater Horizon platform explosion and wellhead blowout, […]
“We all came out to Montreux On the Lake Geneva shoreline To make records with a mobile We didn’t have much time Frank Zappa and the Mothers Were at the best place around But some stupid with a flare gun Burned the place to the ground Smoke on the water, Fire in the sky…” — […]
It’s cynically called “Corexit,” and it’s not “basically dish soap” What does it say about the oil industry in general, and the Standard Oil-Exxon-BP partnership that brought the chemical compound to market in particular, that they call their product “Corexit” (as in “corrects it”)? Do they really think anyone will believe that spraying 2 million […]
In the 21st Century era of global warming, we must cherish our proximate ecologies Some of you who read my ULTIMATE ERROR blog here regularly know about my modest cottage out here in unincorporated Osceola County, Florida, near the shores of East Lake Tohopekaliga. My old haunt with the loose floorboards and front porch with […]
Government regulator seeks to repeal post-Deepwater regulations (because there’s money in doing so) I hope you’ll pardon me for saying this for the umpteenth in not so many words: There exists a breed of narcissist (perhaps he has always existed) who is also psychopathic and pathologically avaricious. Why should we be interested in these […]
National Guard assists tens of thousands to evacuate bayou country The slow-moving anabranches of braided channels which meander from the Mississippi River Delta have got to be some of the closest geological analogs to human blood vessels. They quite literally deliver life to the ecosystems near them and inside them. All these lifeforms gathered to […]