Monday, June 21, 2010
Thursday, June 17, 2010
60,000 Gallons a day My Ass!
Market Commentary and Intraday News
Scientists: Oil leaking up to 2.52M gallons daily
1 day ago
By RAY HENRY
Associated Press Writer
(AP:NEW ORLEANS) Scientists provided a new estimate for the amount of oil gushing from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday that indicates it could be worse than previously thought.
A government panel of scientists said that the ruptured well is leaking between 1.47 million and 2.52 million gallons a day of oil. That is an increase over previous estimates that put the maximum size of the spill at 2.1 million gallons per day.
"This estimate brings together several scientific methodologies and the latest information from the sea floor, and represents a significant step forward in our effort to put a number on the oil that is escaping from BP's well," Energy Secretary Steven Chu said in a statement.
The latest numbers reflect an increase in the flow that scientists believe happened after undersea robots earlier this month cut off a kinked pipe near the sea floor that was believed to be restricting the flow of oil, just as a bend in a garden hose reduces water flow. BP officials has estimated that cutting the kinked pipe likely increased the flow by up 20 percent.
The pipe was removed so BP could install a containment cap that is trapping leaking oil and drawing it a ship waiting on the ocean surface.
The new numbers are based on a combination of scientific data, including an analysis of high-resolution video taken by underwater robots, pressure meters, sonar, and measurements of oil collected by the containment device on top of the well.
It is the fourth _ and perhaps not last _ time the federal government has had to increase its estimate of how much oil is gushing. At one point, the federal government claimed only 42,000 gallons were spilling a day and then it upped the number to 210,000 gallons.
Scientists: Oil leaking up to 2.52M gallons daily
1 day ago
By RAY HENRY
Associated Press Writer
(AP:NEW ORLEANS) Scientists provided a new estimate for the amount of oil gushing from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday that indicates it could be worse than previously thought.
A government panel of scientists said that the ruptured well is leaking between 1.47 million and 2.52 million gallons a day of oil. That is an increase over previous estimates that put the maximum size of the spill at 2.1 million gallons per day.
"This estimate brings together several scientific methodologies and the latest information from the sea floor, and represents a significant step forward in our effort to put a number on the oil that is escaping from BP's well," Energy Secretary Steven Chu said in a statement.
The latest numbers reflect an increase in the flow that scientists believe happened after undersea robots earlier this month cut off a kinked pipe near the sea floor that was believed to be restricting the flow of oil, just as a bend in a garden hose reduces water flow. BP officials has estimated that cutting the kinked pipe likely increased the flow by up 20 percent.
The pipe was removed so BP could install a containment cap that is trapping leaking oil and drawing it a ship waiting on the ocean surface.
The new numbers are based on a combination of scientific data, including an analysis of high-resolution video taken by underwater robots, pressure meters, sonar, and measurements of oil collected by the containment device on top of the well.
It is the fourth _ and perhaps not last _ time the federal government has had to increase its estimate of how much oil is gushing. At one point, the federal government claimed only 42,000 gallons were spilling a day and then it upped the number to 210,000 gallons.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
UNDIAGNOSED ILLNESS - USA: (LOUISIANA) OIL SPILL SUSPECTED
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A ProMED-mail post
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
Date: Thu 3 Jun 2010
Source: The Associated Press (AP) [edited]
For days now, Dr Damon Dietrich has seen patients come through his
emergency room at West Jefferson Medical Center [Louisiana] with
similar symptoms: respiratory problems, headaches and nausea.
In the past week, 11 workers who have been out on the water cleaning
up oil from BP's blown-out well have been treated for what Dietrich
calls "a pattern of symptoms" that could have been caused by the
burning of crude oil, noxious fumes from the oil or the dispersants
dumped in the Gulf to break it up. All workers were treated and
released.
"One person comes in, it could be multiple things," he said. "Eleven
people come in with these symptoms, it makes it incredibly suspicious."
Few studies have examined long-term health effects of oil exposure.
But some of the workers trolling Gulf Coast beaches and heading out
into the marshes and waters have complained about flu-like symptoms --
a similar complaint among crews deployed for the 1989 Exxon Valdez
spill in Alaska.
BP and US Coast Guard officials have said dehydration, heat, food
poisoning, or other unrelated factors may have caused the workers'
symptoms. The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals is
investigating.
Brief contact with small amounts of light crude oil and dispersants
are not harmful. Swallowing small amounts of oil can cause an upset
stomach, vomiting, and diarrhea. Long-term exposure to dispersants,
however, can cause central nervous system problems, or do damage to
blood, kidneys or livers, according to the Centers For Disease Control
and Prevention.
In the 6 weeks since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, killing 11
workers, an estimated 21 million to 45 million gallons [95 million-170
million liters] of crude has poured into the Gulf of Mexico. Hundreds
of BP contractors have fanned out along the Gulf, deploying boom,
spraying chemicals to break up the oil, picking up oil-soaked debris
and trying to keep the creeping slick out of the sensitive marshes and
away from the tourist-Mecca beaches.
A particular commercial fisherman spent a night on a vessel near the
source of the spill and left complaining of a severe headache, upset
stomach, and nose bleed. He was treated at the hospital, and sued --
becoming part of a class-action lawsuit filed last month [May 2010] in
US District Court in New Orleans against BP, Transocean, and their
insurers.
This fisherman, who was part of a crew burning oil, believes planes
were spraying dispersant in the middle of the night -- something BP
disputes.
"I began to ache all over ..." he said in the affidavit. "I was
completely unable to function at this point and feared that I was
seriously ill." Dozens of complaints, most from spill workers, have
been made related to oil exposure with the Louisiana Department of
Health and Hospitals, said spokeswoman Olivia Watkins, as well as with
the Louisiana Poison Center, clinics, and hospitals. Workers are being
told to follow federal guidelines that recommend anyone involved in
oil spill cleanup wear protective equipment such as gloves, safety
glasses, and clothing.
Michael J. Schneider, an attorney who decided against filing a
class-action lawsuit in the 1990s involving the Valdez workers, said
proving a link between oil exposure and health problems is very
difficult. "As a human being you listen to enough and you've got to
believe they're true," he said. "The problem is the science may not be
there to support them ... Many of the signs and symptoms these people
complained of are explainable for a dozen different reasons -- it's
certainly coincidental they all shared a reason in common."
Similar to the Valdez cleanup, there have been concerns in the Gulf
that workers aren't being supplied with enough protective gear.
Workers have been spotted in white jumpsuits, gloves, and booties but
no goggles or respirators.
"If they're out there getting lightheaded and dizzy every day then
obviously they ought to come in, and there should be respirators and
other equipment provided," said LuAnn White, director of the Tulane
Center for Applied Environmental Public Health. She added that most of
the volatile components that could sicken people generally evaporate
before the oil reaches shore.
BP PLC's chief operating officer Doug Suttles said reports of workers
getting sick are being investigated but noted that no one has
pinpointed the cause. Suttles said workers were being given "any
safety equipment" needed to do their jobs safely.
Unlike with Exxon Valdez, in the Gulf, the oil has been lighter, the
temperatures warm and humid, and there have been hundreds of thousands
of gallons of chemicals used to break up the oil.
Court records showed more than 6700 workers involved in the Exxon
Valdez clean up suffered respiratory problems which the company
attributed to a viral illness, not chemical poisoning.
Only one attorney representing a Valdez worker was known to
successfully settle with Exxon over health issues. According to the
terms of that confidential settlement, Exxon did not admit fault. This
attorney's client spent 4 months lifting workers in a crane for 18
hours a day as they sprayed the oil-slicked beaches with hot water,
which created an oily mist. Even though he had to wipe clean his
windshield twice a day, the worker said it never occurred to him that
the mixture might be harming his lungs.
Within weeks, he and others, who wore little to no protective gear,
were coughing and experiencing other symptoms that were eventually
nicknamed Valdez crud. Now 60, the worker cannot get through a short
conversation without coughing and gasping for breath like a drowning
man. He sometimes needs the help of a breathing machine and inhalers,
and has to be careful not to choke when he drinks and eats. Watching
the Gulf situation unfold, he says, makes him sick. "I just watch this
stuff everyday and know these people are on the very first rung on the
ladder and are going to go through a lot of misery," said the Valdez
worker, who now lives in Prescott, Arizona.
[Byline: Noaki Schwartz, Matthew Brown]
--
Communicated by:
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[The Gulf of Mexico is very different from Alaska and the Valdez
spill. The Gulf is hot and humid, which can take a toll on the body
before the conscious mind is aware of it. Dehydration is a large
factor, and can occur before a person is aware of it in hot and humid
environments. Symptoms of dehydration can include light-headedness and
dizziness, also fatigue.
In this kind of heat the volatile hydrocarbons [in the oil] would have
dissipated. Perhaps the issue is not the oil but the dispersants, as
noted by the CDC above.
Some smells are more offensive to some people [than others]. Oil and
saltwater and heat have a peculiar smell, and while offensive, it may
not in itself be harmful, but the perception combined with the heat
and dehydration may lead to a distorted picture. Likewise, it may be
the chemical dispersants associated with the smells, which may be even
more unpleasant. Workers spending much time in protective equipment
are even more susceptible to dehydration.
I do not know what chemicals or microbes are being used to cause
dispersion of the oil, so it is impossible for me to comment on those
factors. - Mod.TG]
[A lot hinges on the definition of "long-term exposure". - Mod.JW]
[The state of Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico can be seen on the
HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map at
. - Sr.Tech.Ed.MJ]
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A ProMED-mail post
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
Date: Thu 3 Jun 2010
Source: The Associated Press (AP) [edited]
For days now, Dr Damon Dietrich has seen patients come through his
emergency room at West Jefferson Medical Center [Louisiana] with
similar symptoms: respiratory problems, headaches and nausea.
In the past week, 11 workers who have been out on the water cleaning
up oil from BP's blown-out well have been treated for what Dietrich
calls "a pattern of symptoms" that could have been caused by the
burning of crude oil, noxious fumes from the oil or the dispersants
dumped in the Gulf to break it up. All workers were treated and
released.
"One person comes in, it could be multiple things," he said. "Eleven
people come in with these symptoms, it makes it incredibly suspicious."
Few studies have examined long-term health effects of oil exposure.
But some of the workers trolling Gulf Coast beaches and heading out
into the marshes and waters have complained about flu-like symptoms --
a similar complaint among crews deployed for the 1989 Exxon Valdez
spill in Alaska.
BP and US Coast Guard officials have said dehydration, heat, food
poisoning, or other unrelated factors may have caused the workers'
symptoms. The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals is
investigating.
Brief contact with small amounts of light crude oil and dispersants
are not harmful. Swallowing small amounts of oil can cause an upset
stomach, vomiting, and diarrhea. Long-term exposure to dispersants,
however, can cause central nervous system problems, or do damage to
blood, kidneys or livers, according to the Centers For Disease Control
and Prevention.
In the 6 weeks since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, killing 11
workers, an estimated 21 million to 45 million gallons [95 million-170
million liters] of crude has poured into the Gulf of Mexico. Hundreds
of BP contractors have fanned out along the Gulf, deploying boom,
spraying chemicals to break up the oil, picking up oil-soaked debris
and trying to keep the creeping slick out of the sensitive marshes and
away from the tourist-Mecca beaches.
A particular commercial fisherman spent a night on a vessel near the
source of the spill and left complaining of a severe headache, upset
stomach, and nose bleed. He was treated at the hospital, and sued --
becoming part of a class-action lawsuit filed last month [May 2010] in
US District Court in New Orleans against BP, Transocean, and their
insurers.
This fisherman, who was part of a crew burning oil, believes planes
were spraying dispersant in the middle of the night -- something BP
disputes.
"I began to ache all over ..." he said in the affidavit. "I was
completely unable to function at this point and feared that I was
seriously ill." Dozens of complaints, most from spill workers, have
been made related to oil exposure with the Louisiana Department of
Health and Hospitals, said spokeswoman Olivia Watkins, as well as with
the Louisiana Poison Center, clinics, and hospitals. Workers are being
told to follow federal guidelines that recommend anyone involved in
oil spill cleanup wear protective equipment such as gloves, safety
glasses, and clothing.
Michael J. Schneider, an attorney who decided against filing a
class-action lawsuit in the 1990s involving the Valdez workers, said
proving a link between oil exposure and health problems is very
difficult. "As a human being you listen to enough and you've got to
believe they're true," he said. "The problem is the science may not be
there to support them ... Many of the signs and symptoms these people
complained of are explainable for a dozen different reasons -- it's
certainly coincidental they all shared a reason in common."
Similar to the Valdez cleanup, there have been concerns in the Gulf
that workers aren't being supplied with enough protective gear.
Workers have been spotted in white jumpsuits, gloves, and booties but
no goggles or respirators.
"If they're out there getting lightheaded and dizzy every day then
obviously they ought to come in, and there should be respirators and
other equipment provided," said LuAnn White, director of the Tulane
Center for Applied Environmental Public Health. She added that most of
the volatile components that could sicken people generally evaporate
before the oil reaches shore.
BP PLC's chief operating officer Doug Suttles said reports of workers
getting sick are being investigated but noted that no one has
pinpointed the cause. Suttles said workers were being given "any
safety equipment" needed to do their jobs safely.
Unlike with Exxon Valdez, in the Gulf, the oil has been lighter, the
temperatures warm and humid, and there have been hundreds of thousands
of gallons of chemicals used to break up the oil.
Court records showed more than 6700 workers involved in the Exxon
Valdez clean up suffered respiratory problems which the company
attributed to a viral illness, not chemical poisoning.
Only one attorney representing a Valdez worker was known to
successfully settle with Exxon over health issues. According to the
terms of that confidential settlement, Exxon did not admit fault. This
attorney's client spent 4 months lifting workers in a crane for 18
hours a day as they sprayed the oil-slicked beaches with hot water,
which created an oily mist. Even though he had to wipe clean his
windshield twice a day, the worker said it never occurred to him that
the mixture might be harming his lungs.
Within weeks, he and others, who wore little to no protective gear,
were coughing and experiencing other symptoms that were eventually
nicknamed Valdez crud. Now 60, the worker cannot get through a short
conversation without coughing and gasping for breath like a drowning
man. He sometimes needs the help of a breathing machine and inhalers,
and has to be careful not to choke when he drinks and eats. Watching
the Gulf situation unfold, he says, makes him sick. "I just watch this
stuff everyday and know these people are on the very first rung on the
ladder and are going to go through a lot of misery," said the Valdez
worker, who now lives in Prescott, Arizona.
[Byline: Noaki Schwartz, Matthew Brown]
--
Communicated by:
ProMED-mail
[The Gulf of Mexico is very different from Alaska and the Valdez
spill. The Gulf is hot and humid, which can take a toll on the body
before the conscious mind is aware of it. Dehydration is a large
factor, and can occur before a person is aware of it in hot and humid
environments. Symptoms of dehydration can include light-headedness and
dizziness, also fatigue.
In this kind of heat the volatile hydrocarbons [in the oil] would have
dissipated. Perhaps the issue is not the oil but the dispersants, as
noted by the CDC above.
Some smells are more offensive to some people [than others]. Oil and
saltwater and heat have a peculiar smell, and while offensive, it may
not in itself be harmful, but the perception combined with the heat
and dehydration may lead to a distorted picture. Likewise, it may be
the chemical dispersants associated with the smells, which may be even
more unpleasant. Workers spending much time in protective equipment
are even more susceptible to dehydration.
I do not know what chemicals or microbes are being used to cause
dispersion of the oil, so it is impossible for me to comment on those
factors. - Mod.TG]
[A lot hinges on the definition of "long-term exposure". - Mod.JW]
[The state of Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico can be seen on the
HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map at
........................................sb/tg/mj/jw
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Friday, June 4, 2010
Third Party Candidate-FAIL in Imperialistic USA
Ex- presidential Green Party Candidate Cynthia McKinney was for the earth; http://www.grist.org/article/mckinney
and for the disinfranchised people of the world; http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=131972
Of course, NO 3rd party candidate has much of a chance of succeeding in the USA today,...
The Powers-That-Be wont let them.
Ask Ron Paul; http://www.campaignforliberty.com/
Ask Ralph Nader; http://www.votenader.org/
Ask Bob Barr; http://www.lp.org/
Fight Against American Imperialism - Join the FREE GAZA MOVEMENT in USA Today;
http://www.freegaza.org/
and for the disinfranchised people of the world; http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=131972
Of course, NO 3rd party candidate has much of a chance of succeeding in the USA today,...
The Powers-That-Be wont let them.
Ask Ron Paul; http://www.campaignforliberty.com/
Ask Ralph Nader; http://www.votenader.org/
Ask Bob Barr; http://www.lp.org/
Fight Against American Imperialism - Join the FREE GAZA MOVEMENT in USA Today;
http://www.freegaza.org/
CYCLOSPORIASIS - CANADA: (ONTARIO)
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A ProMED-mail post
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
Date: Thu 3 Jun 2010
Source: Winnipeg Free Press [edited]
Health officials in the Sarnia area are investigating a serious
parasitic outbreak among people who attended a charity cooking event
on 12 May 2010.
About 400 people attended the Chef's Challenge event held by the
local Big Sisters charity, and as of Wednesday [2 Jun 2010], more
than 70 people have reported becoming ill.
Seven people have been confirmed as having cyclospora after lab tests.
Cyclospora is a one-cell parasite that infects the small intestine
and spreads through contaminated food or water. If not treated, the
illness can last from a few days to a month or longer.
Lambton Community Health spokeswoman Lori Lucas says symptoms include
stomach cramps, watery diarrhea, vomiting, body aches, headache,
fever, fatigue, loss of appetite and weight loss.
--
Communicated by:
ProMED-mail
[There is little doubt that _Cyclospora cayetanensis_ is endemic in
the United States and Canada as well as elsewhere. The epidemiology,
especially the reservoir if any, is poorly known. An investigation
into a recent outbreak in Canada was published in 2009 (Shah et al.
Challenges of investigating community outbreaks of cyclosporiasis,
British Columbia, Canada. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009;15:1286-8). The
epidemiology and biology have recently been reviewed (Ortega and
Sanchez. Update on _Cyclospora cayetanensis_, a food-borne and
waterborne parasite. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2010;23:218-34). - Mod.EP]
[see also:
2005
----
Cyclosporiasis - USA (FL)(03) 20050604.1564
Cyclosporiasis - USA (FL)(02) 20050506.1259
Cyclosporiasis - USA (FL) 20050429.1200
Cyclosporiasis - Canada (Ontario) 20050506.1257
2004
----
Cyclosporiasis - USA (PA) 20040918.2584
Cyclosporiasis - USA (TX, IL) 20040526.1419
1999
----
Cyclosporiasis - USA (Missouri) 19990907.1574
Cyclosporiasis - USA (multistate): closure (02) 19990820.1447
Cyclosporiasis - USA (multistate) 19990625.1078
1998
----
Cyclospora, risk assessment: RFI 19981124.2262
Cyclospora, the CDC & Guatemalan raspberries 19981121.2248
Cyclospora & Guatemalan raspberries, source unknown 19980715.1333
Cyclospora, new - Vietnam 19980424.0760
1997
----
Cyclospora, safety of fresh fruit, imported & domestic 19971016.2138
Cyclospora - Germany: imported (02) 19970702.1416
Cyclospora - Germany: imported 19970702.1411
Cyclospora, raspberries 19970613.1239
Cyclospora - US (New York City) and Canada (Ontario) 19970530.1106
Cyclospora, outbreak - USA (Houston, TX) 19970521.1030
Cyclospora alert - USA 19970509.0956
Cyclospora & Cryptosporidium pseudo-outbreaks - USA, 1995 19970426.0850
Cyclospora outbreak, vehicle identified 19970228.0464
Cyclospora oocycts (03) 19970125.0149
Cyclospora oocycts (02) 19970121.0117
Cyclospora oocycts: RFI 19970117.0090
1996
----
Cyclospora - USA/Canada: Correction 19961119.1938
Cyclospora - USA/Canada (7) 19961118.1931
Cyclospora - USA/Canada (6) 19961117.1920
Cyclospora - USA/Canada (5): RFI 19961114.1906]
........................................ep/msp/lm
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A ProMED-mail post
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
Date: Thu 3 Jun 2010
Source: Winnipeg Free Press [edited]
Health officials in the Sarnia area are investigating a serious
parasitic outbreak among people who attended a charity cooking event
on 12 May 2010.
About 400 people attended the Chef's Challenge event held by the
local Big Sisters charity, and as of Wednesday [2 Jun 2010], more
than 70 people have reported becoming ill.
Seven people have been confirmed as having cyclospora after lab tests.
Cyclospora is a one-cell parasite that infects the small intestine
and spreads through contaminated food or water. If not treated, the
illness can last from a few days to a month or longer.
Lambton Community Health spokeswoman Lori Lucas says symptoms include
stomach cramps, watery diarrhea, vomiting, body aches, headache,
fever, fatigue, loss of appetite and weight loss.
--
Communicated by:
ProMED-mail
[There is little doubt that _Cyclospora cayetanensis_ is endemic in
the United States and Canada as well as elsewhere. The epidemiology,
especially the reservoir if any, is poorly known. An investigation
into a recent outbreak in Canada was published in 2009 (Shah et al.
Challenges of investigating community outbreaks of cyclosporiasis,
British Columbia, Canada. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009;15:1286-8). The
epidemiology and biology have recently been reviewed (Ortega and
Sanchez. Update on _Cyclospora cayetanensis_, a food-borne and
waterborne parasite. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2010;23:218-34). - Mod.EP]
[see also:
2005
----
Cyclosporiasis - USA (FL)(03) 20050604.1564
Cyclosporiasis - USA (FL)(02) 20050506.1259
Cyclosporiasis - USA (FL) 20050429.1200
Cyclosporiasis - Canada (Ontario) 20050506.1257
2004
----
Cyclosporiasis - USA (PA) 20040918.2584
Cyclosporiasis - USA (TX, IL) 20040526.1419
1999
----
Cyclosporiasis - USA (Missouri) 19990907.1574
Cyclosporiasis - USA (multistate): closure (02) 19990820.1447
Cyclosporiasis - USA (multistate) 19990625.1078
1998
----
Cyclospora, risk assessment: RFI 19981124.2262
Cyclospora, the CDC & Guatemalan raspberries 19981121.2248
Cyclospora & Guatemalan raspberries, source unknown 19980715.1333
Cyclospora, new - Vietnam 19980424.0760
1997
----
Cyclospora, safety of fresh fruit, imported & domestic 19971016.2138
Cyclospora - Germany: imported (02) 19970702.1416
Cyclospora - Germany: imported 19970702.1411
Cyclospora, raspberries 19970613.1239
Cyclospora - US (New York City) and Canada (Ontario) 19970530.1106
Cyclospora, outbreak - USA (Houston, TX) 19970521.1030
Cyclospora alert - USA 19970509.0956
Cyclospora & Cryptosporidium pseudo-outbreaks - USA, 1995 19970426.0850
Cyclospora outbreak, vehicle identified 19970228.0464
Cyclospora oocycts (03) 19970125.0149
Cyclospora oocycts (02) 19970121.0117
Cyclospora oocycts: RFI 19970117.0090
1996
----
Cyclospora - USA/Canada: Correction 19961119.1938
Cyclospora - USA/Canada (7) 19961118.1931
Cyclospora - USA/Canada (6) 19961117.1920
Cyclospora - USA/Canada (5): RFI 19961114.1906]
........................................ep/msp/lm
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Thursday, June 3, 2010
BP asks Twitter to Remove Fake BP PR Account
No sense of humor, I guess. KUDOS to
Leroy Stick – the man behind @BPGlobalPR;
Blog; http://networkedblogs.com/4s6WS
Wont you join him there? The idea is not to let BP forget.
BPGlobalPR Twitter;
http://twitter.com/BPGlobalPR
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Palin Plan to Open Up Artic Wildlife Refuge to Big Oil Exploration
Sarah Palin has a plan for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge which she is circulating on Twitter and Facebook. Palin's vision involves drill pads and pipelines, oil spills and air pollution... and pools of toxic waste.
In Palin’s world, the answer to the appalling disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is to "drill baby drill" in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Help us rein in Palin and her Big Oil allies: demand that the Obama administration protect the Arctic Refuge. Send a letter speaking out against Sarah Palin's Arctic drilling plans today.
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is an international treasure. Caribou, muskoxen and moose, wolves and wolverines, foxes and grizzlies, and millions of migratory birds live in this wild place. If it were in the lower 48 states, a landscape as magnificent as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would be as revered as Yellowstone or Yosemite.
The Refuge is a crown jewel of America's public lands. Help us keep this wilderness free of oil rigs and oil spills.
Sarah Palin claims that onshore drilling is "safe" - the same onshore drilling that led to an oil spill on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline just last week. There is no failsafe way to drill for oil, a lesson that the Gulf spill is driving home all too well.
Last week the Obama Administration kept the Arctic Ocean safe from a Gulf-style catastrophe by blocking offshore drilling in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. Take action today: keep the last frontier safe from Sarah and her oil industry allies.
Thank you!
S
incerely,
Kathy Kilmer
The Wilderness Society
Letter to Salazar;
http://action.wilderness.org/campaign/saynotopalin/xkg7eed4o7ex5j3n?
In Palin’s world, the answer to the appalling disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is to "drill baby drill" in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Help us rein in Palin and her Big Oil allies: demand that the Obama administration protect the Arctic Refuge. Send a letter speaking out against Sarah Palin's Arctic drilling plans today.
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is an international treasure. Caribou, muskoxen and moose, wolves and wolverines, foxes and grizzlies, and millions of migratory birds live in this wild place. If it were in the lower 48 states, a landscape as magnificent as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would be as revered as Yellowstone or Yosemite.
The Refuge is a crown jewel of America's public lands. Help us keep this wilderness free of oil rigs and oil spills.
Sarah Palin claims that onshore drilling is "safe" - the same onshore drilling that led to an oil spill on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline just last week. There is no failsafe way to drill for oil, a lesson that the Gulf spill is driving home all too well.
Last week the Obama Administration kept the Arctic Ocean safe from a Gulf-style catastrophe by blocking offshore drilling in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. Take action today: keep the last frontier safe from Sarah and her oil industry allies.
Thank you!
S
incerely,
Kathy Kilmer
The Wilderness Society
Letter to Salazar;
http://action.wilderness.org/campaign/saynotopalin/xkg7eed4o7ex5j3n?
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