I think the United Nations should imprison these oil executives and try them for crimes against humanity as this is just what this is! I am really furious that they can put a man in space but have no recourse or due diligence for an oil spill leak. The billions of dollars wasted on clean up could have went to developing and supporting clean energy technologies and industry. And then they want to drill and have oil tankers along the west coast of Canada, the US and in the Arctic. INSANE!
GRAPHIC: Odometer tallying volume of oil leak.
http://duaneburnett.blogspot.com/2010/05/estimated-gallons-leaked-by-bp-in-gulf.html
OIL SPILL Stopped -- May 28, 2010 PBS News Hour
Adm. Allen: Gulf Oil Leak Suppressed For Now; Leak Meter Paused, By: Chris Amico
As of 8 AM today, we've frozen our Gulf Leak Meter, based on reports that the flow of oil is being held back.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2010/05/gulf-oil-leak-stemmed----for-now.html
Big Oilmance (Lyrics Below) - BP Oil Spill
>> Lady GAGA Remix spoof <<
VIDEO LINK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQrN56fczgc
BP's Suttles: 'Top Kill' Effort Hasn't Stopped Oil; Leak Meter Restarted
OIL SPILL -- May 29, 2010
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2010/05/bps-suttles-top-kill-hasnt-worked-so-far-leak-meter-restarted.html
BP officials have estimated the spill was flowing at a daily rate of 5,000 barrels, despite the doubts of multiple scientists. According to some estimates, oil is escaping into the Gulf at a rate as high as 100,000 barrels a day. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2010/05/bp-siphoning-5000-barrels-a-day-from-spill-spokesman-says.html
THANK YOU to PBS News Hour for adding me as a Twitter friend!
http://www.twitter.com/duaneburnett
VIDEO GRAPHIC: Live Video Feed of Oil Leak
How the World's Oil Giants Are Selling the 'Captured Carbon' Dream
Inside a global effort to convince the public an unproven technology will let us have our fossil fuels and a cooler planet, too.
By Geoff Dembicki, 17 May 2010, TheTyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/News/2010/05/17/CapturedCarbon/?utm_source=mondayheadlines&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=170510
here is a term I saw on fb today "Ecocide"
http://www.commondreams.org/further/2010/05/21
A new movement seeks to declare ecocide - the extensive destruction of or damage to an ecosystem - a fifth international crime against peace, making corporations punishable by the U.N.'s International Criminal Court. The BP oil spill would be up first; those destroying the Alberta tar sands, the Amazon rain forest and other areas could be next.
Protect Our Pacific Coast from Oil Spills: Dogwood Initiative
http://dogwoodinitiative.org/notankers
Tell our government that they must heed the warning from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. It's time for a permanent tanker ban on Canada's Pacific Coast. HERE is there facebook fan page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dogwood-Initiative/78753328415?ref=ts
VIDEO: Lessons from the Exxon Valdez oil spill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnc9NgPyUmw
The Gulf Oil Leak is Bad: BP and Corporate Irresponsibility
There is room for big companies to be part of the solution rather than the problem.
http://www.almightydad.com/general-interest/the-gulf-oil-leak-is-bad-bp-and-corporate-irresponsibility
Gulf Oil Spill Truth
Here is a facebook group blogging the Gulf Oil ecocide crisis!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gulf-Oil-Spill-Truth/107630479281181
Ecocide is a Crime
http://www.facebook.com/Ecocide?v=wall
http://www.thisisecocide.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecocide
large-scale destruction of the natural environment or over-consumption of critical non-renewable resources.
1,000,000 Strong Against Offshore Drilling
Offshore Drilling is bad for the planet, bad for people & bad for the economy.
http://www.facebook.com/dontdrill?ref=ts
In Memory of the Wildlife & Ocean Life killed by the 2010 Gulf oil spill
This page is for those who are heartbroken by the damage this recent oil spill has caused to the environment& the ocean and in memory of the animals, the birds, fish, dolphins or any other creatures killed by this man-made disaster.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/In-Memory-of-the-Wildlife-Ocean-Life-killed-by-the-2010-Gulf-oil-spill/109285972450075?v=wall
VIDEO: The Exxon Valdez Disaster: 20 Years Later http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbjC9SMKClE
Boycott Petroleum Products Day
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Boycott-Petroleum-Products-Day/117242101649732?ref=search&sid=keUE2LygE5ZMn-1yws77HA.2678634834..1&v=wall WE would like to institute a Global Boycott Petroleum Products Day on July 6th 2010. We all use to many Petroleum Products. Oil Plastics etc. We would like to boycott all Petroleum Based Products for one day. The Big Oil Companies need to know that we will no longer stand for the pollution of our planet by their Oil based products. In light of the recent oil spill in the Gulf Coast we feel the large Oil Companies need a wake up call. We ask that you do not buy any Petroleum Products that day.
Our plastic problem is our oil problem
If oil drilling leaks, tar sands and tanker spills ain't enough for you, there is Plastic Pollution! A terrible blight on our planet.
http://duaneburnett.blogspot.com/2010/05/our-plastic-problem-is-our-oil-problem.html
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Raises Arctic Offshore Drilling Concerns
http://eyeonthearctic.rcinet.ca/en/news/canada/44-environment/176-gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill-raises-arctic-offshore-drilling-concerns The oil well explosion in the Gulf of Mexico has raised questions about the safety of drilling for oil and gas in the Beaufort Sea. Oil companies like BP, ExxonMobil, Chevron and Imperial Oil have invested hundreds of millions of dollars to lease large tracts of the Beaufort seabed for exploration.
PETITION
Stop Shell Oil's Offshore Drilling Plans in the Arctic:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/308/597/489
No end in sight to offshore oil moratorium, federal minister says
By Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun May 22, 2010
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/sight+offshore+moratorium+federal+minister+says/3060343/story.html The moratorium on offshore oil development in B.C. won't be lifted any time soon, especially after the environmental disaster unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico, federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice said Friday. Read more:
Climate Action BC is a campaign coordinated by the Wilderness Committee to work with other groups and individuals at the grassroots level to stop the causes of global warming and fight for climate justice.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Climate-Action-BC/162666252437
Despite Moratorium, Drilling Projects Move Ahead
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/24/us/24moratorium.html?ref=global-home WASHINGTON — In the days since President Obama announced a moratorium on permits for drilling new offshore oil wells and a halt to a controversial type of environmental waiver that was given to the Deepwater Horizon rig, at least seven new permits for various types of drilling and five environmental waivers have been granted, according to records. The records also indicate that since the April 20 explosion on the rig, federal regulators have granted at least 19 environmental waivers for gulf drilling projects and at least 17 drilling permits, most of which were for types of work like that on the Deepwater Horizon shortly before it exploded, pouring a ceaseless current of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Click link to read full article on New York Times website....
VERY KEWL NY TIMES MAP
Tracking the Oil Spill in the Gulf
Map of the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico - Interactive Map - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/01/us/20100501-oil-spill-tracker.html
Coastal Oil Cleanup May Prove Impossible
The spill could leave behind a toxic stew lethal to the fish and wildlife that inhabit that maze of marshes along the Gulf Coast. read full story.......
http://news.discovery.com/earth/oil-spill-coast-cleanup.html
VIDEO: Raging Grannies Oil Spill Protest: "BP, You Suck!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE9Wjgc_Teg
South Florida Raging Grannies protest the BP Gulf Oil Spill mess in this biting and darkly funny new song parody, "BP's Frigging' Drillin' Rigs". See the Grannies in action at the oceanfront, a BP gas station, a Palm Beach County condo - & use the lyrics below to sing along, especially with the chorus!
"BP's Friggin' Drillin' Rigs"
(Tune: "Battle Hymn of the Republic")
Lyrics © by Raging Granny Vicki Ryder
"The USA's addicted now to fossil fuel and oil,
So BP's drillin' off our shore and makes our blood just boil.
We warned them that the oil could spill and wash up on our soil...
Halliburton and BP -- you suck!
You suck the oil from the sea and poison all the soil;
You suck the profits from the work while others sweat and toil;
You suck the lifeblood from us while you plunder and destroy...
Halliburton and BP -- you suck! So take your friggin' drillin' rigs and move 'em from our shore! Take your friggin' drillin' rigs and don't come back no more! Take your friggin' drillin' rigs 'cause we don't want your oil! Halliburton and BP -- you suck!
You bypass the inspections and ignore the warning signs;
You bribe your way to drilling rights and profit from your crimes.
Eleven workers now are dead and fish all swim in slime...
Halliburton and BP -- you suck! So take your friggin' drillin' rigs and move 'em from our shore! Take your friggin' drillin' rigs and don't come back no more! Take your friggin' drillin' rigs 'cause we don't want your oil! Halliburton and BP -- you suck!"
BP reduces estimate of how much oil it is capturing
http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/41354 BP sharply reduced its estimate on Monday of how much oil it is siphoning off each day from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico that has been spewing oil for a month and threatening ecological disaster.
The British-based energy giant said the oil captured on average by a mile-long siphon tube was 2,010 barrels (84,420 gallons/319,500 liters) per day in the six days before May 23, less than half the up to 5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons/795,000 liters) per day the company estimated it had been capturing. At times the capture was as low as 1,360 barrels per day (57,120 gallons/216,200 liters).
The oil group believes about 5,000 barrels have been leaking every day, although some experts have given significantly higher estimates for the size of the leak. http://www.enn.com/
MARCH ON WASHINGTON July 4th 2010 - Declare Independence from Fossil Fuels !!!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=120904751277434 FILL THE MALL THIS INDEPENDENCE DAY! Declare our independence from non-renewable energy, fossil fuels, dirty energy sources, OIL SPILLS, COAL MINE ACCIDENTS, and all the problems caused by a LACK OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY POLICY! This is getting RIDICULOUS! We have been debating and touting the need for renewable energy for DECADES. No more! We must DEMAND a ROBUST major transformative energy reform bill be signed into law BY THE END OF THE YEAR!
STANDING UP to North Coast Oil Tankers: A 385km Stand Up Paddleboard expedition along the proposed north coast oil tanker route, bringing awareness to the people and wildlife of the Great Bear Rainforest. http://www.facebook.com/pages/STANDUP4GREATBEAR/111102995569396?v=wall
VIDEO: BP Flash Mob Protest May 28, 2010 — In Manhattan at Houston and Lafayette Streets. The police put barricades up, the stated intent of the protest was not to blockade the station. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZBB2vXVagU
Hands Across the Sand June 26th U.S. citizens opposed to off-shore oil drilling in our waters. http://www.handsacrossthesand.com/ Hands Across the Sand is a movement made of people of all walks of life and crosses political affiliations. This movement is not about politics; it is about protection of our coastal economies, oceans, marine wildlife, fishing industry and coastal military missions. Let us share our knowledge, energies and passion for protecting all of the above from the devastating effects of oil drilling.
Boycott BP stations. BP brands to boycott include Castrol, Arco, Aral, am/pm, Amoco, and Wild Bean Cafe, Safeway gas. laissez le bon temps rouler pas chez Bp. http://twitter.com/bayouleeThe Grass roots Facebook page advocating a Boycott of bp.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Boycott-BP/119101198107726
VIDEO:
GULF OIL SPILL HAPPENED BEFORE! - SEE HOW THEY RESOLVED IT! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-4oooyqe_8
MSNBC May 26, 2010 — Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible platform, Sedco 135F in the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, about 100 km (62 mi) northwest of Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche in waters 50 m (160 ft) deep.[1] On 3 June 1979, the well suffered a blowout and is recognized as the second largest oil spill and the largest accidental spill in history.
In the next nine months, experts and divers including Red Adair were brought in to contain and cap the oil well.[6] Approximately an average of ten thousand to thirty thousand barrels per day were discharged into the Gulf until it was finally capped on 23 March 1980, nearly 10 months later.[7] Prevailing currents carried the oil towards the Texas coastline. The US government had two months to prepare booms to protect major inlets. Eventually, in the US, 162 miles (261 km) of beaches and 1421 birds were affected by 3,000,000 barrels (480,000 m3) of oil.[7] Pemex spent $100 million to clean up the spill and avoided paying compensation by asserting sovereign immunity.[8]
The oil slick surrounded Rancho Nuevo, in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, which is one of the few nesting sites for Kemp's Ridley sea turtles. Thousands of baby sea turtles were airlifted to a clean portion of the Gulf of Mexico to help save the rare species.
Washington B.p. sister page to Boycott Bp. Sound off on the Governments response/ or lack of response to the Bp Gusher in the Gulf.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Washington-Bp/123316027700281?v=wall
notankers.ca facebook group
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4631752966 Protect our Pacific coast from oil spills
For 37 years the northern coastal waters of British Columbia have been protected from oil tanker traffic. This ban is now under threat. Plans to build pipelines and a supertanker port in BC to service the Alberta Tar Sands are moving forward with support from the BC and Canadian Governments. But there is still time to save our coast.
Keep BC's North Coast Oil Tanker Free
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2343563165
The BP Oil Spill Re-Enacted By Cats in 1 Minute
VIDEO LINK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt617zYAbng
tremendousnews — June 05, 2010 — This should catch you up on everything that's happened with the BP oil spill so far. http://twitter.com/tremendousnews
No Offshore Drilling in BC!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=104576312921232 "The B.C. Liberals, when elected in 2001, pushed to open up the coast for drilling, but shelved the idea by 2005, given lack of support among voters. The Gulf disaster pushes it farther back on an already dusty shelf." - Globe & Mail, May 6, 2010
Alaska Pipeline Shut Down Following Oil Spill
Associated Press. ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Up to several thousand barrels of crude oil from the trans-Alaska pipeline spilled Tuesday into a massive tank and overflowed into a containment area, shutting down the 800-mile line until the hazard is removed. The spill happened during a scheduled pipeline shutdown at a pump station near Fort Greely, about 100 miles south of Fairbanks. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/26/alaska-pipeline-shut-following-oil-spill/
PIPELINE FEARS! Douglas Channel Watch
We are a group of people concerned about protecting the Douglas Channel and Kitimat Valley with regards to pipelines, tanker traffic and the environmental effects of industrial development. BP first quarter profits 6.1 billion this year. 67 million a day profit! CNN http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kitimat-BC/Douglas-Channel-Watch/359078515967?ref=nf&__a=5&v=wall
Some of BPGlobalPR’s tweets, in billboard format. (SPOOF) http://twitter.com/BPGlobalPR
http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/twitter-photos/bpglobalpr-billboards/
Big oil eyes B.C. coast, notwithstanding Gulf of Mexico spill
http://www.straight.com/article-323589/vancouver/big-oil-eyes-bc-coast Marine mammals have made a remarkable recovery in this province, but that could be erased by a catastrophic oil spill. By Charlie Smith
COMMENTS
Shayleen LePage
this is sad.
Duane Burnett
infuriates me. a billion dollars spent on clean up already. that's a billion dollars that could have been invested into an affordable clean green energy future so we can kick this dirty fossil fuel addiction. ecocide! throw em in prison!!! I wonder how they missed the memo for the last 40 years from scientist and the UN that we have to get off of the fossil fuel.
Gordon Birtch
There's still WAY too much money to be made in fossils... It's all about the $.... period... technologies have been in place for years... GM's EV1 is a prime example... the money train ain't slowin' down 'til they're out of product.... GREED SUCKS!!!!!!!!!
Joey Gray
Plus all the $$ wasted on spin + suppression, vs. helping the fishers and the cleanup... what bizarre, sick priorities.
Gordon Birtch
YEP.... they play and the world pays.... the only question is when are we gonna stand up as one voice and put a stop to this short sighted bullshit!!! we might have to go without some luxuries, but we might just have a planet for our children..... sometimes social change can only happen when the people force it... anyone seen Greenpeace on this one??
Duane Burnett
do you think the Gulf Oil Spill might be the turning point? I was thinking it is has a wide impact on just not BP. Its almost like a 911 ecocide.
Christine Doyle
:(
Debra Dee
I know that in 1995 someone had a patent for an electric vehicle and the paper work he had me file showed that the BIG car companies knew what was possible at least 10 years prior. I learned then,,, that in 1985 there was a window for GM and Ford to make electric cars the most prominent vehicle coming out of their factories but put a stop to any ... See Moreother choice but gas guzzlers. I have proof that those companies blinded us to other options over 25 years ago. They made the Prius out to big new invention but it wasn't. (Think of what was done to make big city transit possible; dry cell) We had an inventor here on the Coast (some 17 years ago) who made electric cars, tricycles and boats (and designed the Sechelt Pier) but no one listened then.
The electric car SHOULD BE our car of today (been around for over 30 years) but we all sold out to the big oil companies.
Manuen Edwards
I am speechless ...
Arne Hansen
electric cars have been around a lot longer than that. The Vancouver Electric Vehicle Assoc owns a Detroit Electric car, still running, that was built 100 years ago. All it has ever needed in maintenance is new batteries.
An electric truck conversion company that 10 years ago used to be based on Vancouver Island, moved to California when San Diego wanted hundreds of electric trucks for the harbour
Arne Hansen
It has been calculated that enough money has been spent on the illegal war in Iraq to get the whole planet off fossil fuels. Ironically, Iraq was seized to keep oil prices low and oil and gas wells flowing full tilt.
YouTube’s top suggested oil spill clean up methods
by Matt Burns
http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/05/17/youtubes-top-suggested-oil-spill-clean-up-methods/
http://www.duaneburnett.blogspot.com
http://www.twitter.com/duaneburnett
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