Wednesday, June 30, 2010

British oPinion






















"BP, to my mind, stands for bloody piss-poor."
Dame Helen Mirren

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Monday, June 28, 2010

Bad Planning











Toxicologist Joe Griffitt fears that the chemicals that BP are using to fight the oil are actually promoting the formation of oil clouds. The result could be that fish and zooplankton die off on a large scale due to the creation of an oxygen-deficient "dead zone."
"The chemistry of the sea water is being completely turned around, and we have no idea what happens next"

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Bigger Picture

BP used an oil industry tax break
to write off 70% of the rent for Deepwater Horizon











$225,000 per day

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Monday, June 21, 2010

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Monday, June 14, 2010

Brilliant Posturing


















camping in Florida Keys prior to landfall.

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Beach Paint?

U.S. regulators allowed BP to operate with lower safety standards than is required in the North Sea








and about the same kind of regulatory regime as is asked for by the government of Nigeria in its Delta

Wednesday, June 2, 2010